Hotfile

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Hotfile

Type of site	File hosting service
Available in	English and 19 languages
Dissolved	2013
Owners	Hotfile Corp.
URL	web.archive.org/web/20131204191916/http://hotfile.com/
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Launched	March 18, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-03-18)
Current status	Shut down by United States federal court

Hotfile was a one-click file hosting website founded by Hotfile Corp in 2006 in Panama City, Panama. On December 4, 2013, Hotfile ceased all operations, the same day as signing a $4 million settlement with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA); the settlement had previously been misreported as $80 million.^[1]