Hotfile must share its user data with the MPAA

File sharing Web site Hotfile has had a significant loss in its battle with rightsholders' body, the MPAA and must disclose its user data.

A federal court has ordered Hotfile to reveal the identities and revenues of their top affiliates, and financial information on the company itself. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan argued that the MPAA needs this info to prove that Hotfile is promoting and profiting from copyright infringement.

"To prove this rampant infringement, the movie studios need to do a statistical analysis showing that most of the content uploaded and downloaded on hotfile.com infringes some copyright or another," the judge writes.

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