https://torrentfreak.com/uploaded-net-terminates-accounts-of-persistent-pirates-170412/
basically, UL is going after anyone who has had repeated dmca notifications.
which means pretty much everyone using their service since we upload material which isn't ours, regardless of what type of material it is.
for those who upload porn/apps/music i'm guessing you get a helluva lot more dmca notices than people who upload ebooks.
i don't know when UL makes payments, but i'm guessing everyone they suspended is due to get paid.
so the offset for UL is they keep all the funds that should be going out to affiliates.
i don't use UL; i have around 5000 files stored on another host, i get likely on average 1 dmca notice every 2 or 3 days - so if my host decides to do the same thing, i'm likely screwed.
UL is doing this in response to the German lawsuit - it's likely they will lose. Germany's courts take a dim view of filehosts that offer incentives.
even if they lose, they won't shut down.
they make too much money to give up after 1 lawsuit.
but let's remember rapidshare - enormously popular and fell in the toilet fast due to pressure from the usa.
UL is one of the more popular filehosts and this is going to make a lot of people leave - the ones who would have signed up are going to use another site. why take the chance that you upload tons of material to a site that's going to get rid of you unexpectedly.