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Skipscreen safe, for now!

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Mozilla has said they won’t cave to Mediafire’s takedown request. This is so the right answer, and it’s what we expected from an organization as dedicated to defending the web as Mozilla (we just got a bit of a fright for a second there :) )

It’s also comforting that a second group of lawyers from an established organization (one with a lot more on the line than us) have looked into Mediafire’s cease and desist and consider it toothless.

Mediafire still could come after us directly. But I think with the press they’ve already generated, they’re realizing that the more they come after us, the more people will hear about Skipscreen, and love it. (Which also suggests a plan: the best way to defend Skipscreen is for all our supporters to spread the word in as many places as they can).

It’s a good day for Firefox extensions that push hard to put you in control of the web.

P.S. Thanks Jennifer Granick, Fred von Lohmann, Eva Galperin and everybody at EFF. You all are stars.

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MediaFire tells Mozilla to ban SkipScreen from addons.mozilla.org

Mozilla has told us they received a takedown from Mediafire, demanding they pull SkipScreen from addons.mozilla.org.

Mozilla gave us about 24 hours (until the end of the west-coast business day today) to respond to some questions about what SkipScreen does, or they said they would remove it from the directory. We’re working on this.

More news soon. In the meantime, read the takedown.

Update: The EFF wrote our reply to Mozilla, and sent it on our behalf. I think it’s fair to say they think Mediafire’s claims are off-the-wall. Read the reply.

Meanwhile, in anticipation of a Mozilla takedown, furtive copies of SkipScreen began appearing on Mediafire ;)

Another Update: EFF’s Fred von Lohmann has posted a legal analysis explaining why Mediafire’s claims are bogus and putting this in the context of a long running battle (one it’s important the public win). Yet again, the EFF rules.

Final Update: Skipscreen safe, for now!

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Skipscreen – ein Firefox-Plugin für Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire und Weitere

Nie wieder auf Downloads warten mit Skipscreen: nervende Warteseiten
auf Sites wie RapidShare, MegaUpload, MediaFire, zShare usw. werden
einfach übersprungen. Jetzt ausprobieren!

add to firefox
(Aggiunge a Firefox)

Skipscreen funktioniert mit den folgenden Sites: RapidShare,
MegaUpload, MediaFire, Uploaded.to, Sharebee, Depositfiles, zShare,
Divshare, Sendspace – und es werden laufend mehr.

Hier findest Du eine Demonstration von Skipscreen (englisch).

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Skipscreen FAQ

Can you add support for [hosting.com]?

Yes! (Though maybe not right away). When you contact us or post a request to getsatisfaction we add these sites to our list and prioritize (mostly) based on the number of requests from users. So if you have a site you want support for, make your voice heard.

Right now, our priorities for new sites are: hotfile, easy-share, 4shared, and uploading.com, roughly in that order.

Hey, Rapidshare still makes me wait, what gives?

Unfortunately, we can’t skip the wait on Rapidshare with Javascript Jedi Mind Tricks because their servers don’t make the file available until after the countdown. However… once you click on a rapidshare download link, SkipScreen will do all the work until the file starts downloading.

You can “click-and-forget”… for me that’s the important thing. And… you can click multiple links at once, and SkipScreen will auto-reload periodically until Rapidshare lets each one start downloading.

Help!? I think I found a bug!

See this post: How to report a SkipScreen bug. The most important thing is to contact us and include as much information as possible so we can track down the problem.

SkipScreen’s behavior on [hosting.com] is annoying me! Can I shut it off, just for that site?

Yes! Just follow these steps:

  1. Make sure you’re running the latest version (some older versions don’t have preferences).
  2. Click on “Tools” in the Firefox top menu bar — click on “SkipScreen” — Click on “Options”
  3. Uncheck the box next to the site (or feature) you want to turn off.
  4. That’s it! Close all the windows and keep on skipping!

Are the links I download made public anywhere?

Definitely not! We realize that people often use these services to share private files (e.g. an unfinished song, or an internal document) and we would never make them public without your explicit permission. For more info on how we respect your privacy, see our privacy policy.

I love SkipScreen! How can I help?

There are four ways you can help:

  1. Tell your friends. Like, all your friends. Most people who try Skipscreen love it instantly… we’ve just got to spread the word.

  • Make a donation. If SkipScreen makes your life better, send us $10 so we can keep it alive!
  • Become a beta tester. We always need help testing the new releases… this mostly entails, um, downloading lots of stuff :)
  • If you know some javascript, try writing a greasemonkey script for an unsupported site and sending it to us (under an LGPL license). If it looks good, we’ll include it!
  • Does it work as a manager as well? Like, can we put a series of links to be downloaded in row?

    Since some sites have download limits and prohibit simultaneous delays, SkipScreen will automatically reload those pages–so multiple tabs will download one after another.

    Rapidshare forces me to wait 15 minutes after my first download when I’m using SkipScreen. What gives?

    That’s not SkipScreen, that’s Rapidshare. As far as we know, Rapidshare does not behave any differently for SkipScreen users, but they do impose a 15 minute wait after you reach their limit (a hundred megs or so).

    Hey, where’s the XPI?

    If our site offers you the exe installer, you can always get to the XPI installer by clicking the “other platforms” link below the download button on our home page.

    How do I remove this toolbar thing?

    We offer an optional toolbar to some users. If you install it by mistake, you can remove it by going to Tools > Addons > Extensions > Search Toolar > Uninstall and you can change back to the default search by following these instructions.

    In IE you can go here: Tools > Toolbars > Bingtoolbar and disable it. If you want to completely remove the toolbar, go to Add/Remove programs and look for ‘Bing Toolbar’ or ‘Search Toolbar’ and click remove. You can also download the uninstaller.


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    Skipscreen – Um complemento Firefox para o Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire e muitos outros.

    O Skipscreen é um complemento gratuito para o Firefox, que permite saltar aquelas páginas chatas e contagens de tempo em sites como o RapidShare, Megaupload, Mediafire, zShare, e muitos outros. Se você baixa arquivos desses sites, o SkipScreen irá poupar muito do seu tempo. Experimente!

    add to firefox
    (Adicionar ao Firefox)
    O Skipscreen funciona com os seguintes sites: Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire, Uploaded.to, Sharebee, Depositfiles, Sharebee, zShare, Divshare e Sendspace. Logo muitos outros.

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    Looking for beta testers!

    Can you help us kick the tires on new features?

    We’re always working on new features, so we could use a few brave souls to help test SkipScreen. Can you help? Email us! skipper+betatest@skipscreen.com and download the self-updating, forever beta release of Skipscreen (this will sometimes have serious bugs, so you’ll want to be on our email list for tips on how to use it).

    Being a beta tester would involve, um, going to lots of sites and downloading stuff.  Which isn’t a a terrible way to spend a Tuesday and Wednesday evening.

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    Skipscreen launching soon…

    Skipscreen is a Firefox addon that skips past annoying delays on so-called one-click hosting sites. Right now it works for all the sites listed here, with many more sites and improvements on the way.

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    “Skipster” would’ve been an awesome name too. But it was taken, and we like “Skipscreen”.

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