I can't seem to contact the poster of the announcement, nor to get hold of someone, so I'll just post on here.

The no strings attached is a false.

Putfile's T&Cs state that any content uploaded to them becomes their property and they can do with it as they will.

So if you're happy to sign away the rights to videos that you've created, then by all means use their service, but I'm still on the lookout. video.google.com is a good free alternative that suits the needs of most people. The only downside is that they have to manually convert all videos to flash which means that there is a big delay before the videos show up online.

Here is condition 6 of their terms:

6) By uploading an image, video or other file to Putfile.com, users give permission for the owners of Putfile to publish any such files through any associated media channel or party. Users upload files to Putfile on condition that they release all rights to the image, and give full permission to Putfile and its associates to use and publish the image in any way they wish. No compensation will be payable for the uploaded file being used in any such way.

I havent had any problem's so far...

same here works great

i don't like putfiler cos it doesn;t allow you to download directly to ur comp. I like rapidshare and rcpics better

yeh, I'm not denying how well it works, I'm just saying that if you use it, PutFile now own your videos/images.

As I say, it may not be a concern for everyone, but uploaders should at least be aware of it in case it does concern them. For example, I personally want to retain copyright to my movies. And for all we know, they may and probably will never do anything with the uploaded files. But I just think it's a bit dodgy having that clause.

ymmv

who cares.. its not like putfile is going to put our vids on a dvd and try to sell it

I wouldn't worry too much about it, their TOS was written to cover their rears, not so they can steal and sell peoples home movies

Prime example would be #5 in the TOS, basically saying that if you upload copyrighted stuff it's your problem should whoever the copyright item belongs to wants to sue you. As soon as some legal matters come up the file magically no longer has anything to do with them, funny huh?