Gonna copypasta my post from the old forum:
If you are looking for a place to host *legal* downloads, back up local data onto the cloud, and don't want to reply on these iffy "file locker" sites I highly recommend
Dropbox.
It runs locally, will automatically back up your files to the cloud, you can retrieve previous revisions, can sync files across multiple computers (desktop & laptop) as well as access everything from mobile devices.
Beyond this you can share stuff in your "Public" folder as downloads. Best of all the basic account is FREE and can store up to 2GB of data. Beyond the 2GB you can further increase your cap by 250mb for every person your refer to a maximum of 8GB.
I highly recommend Dropbox not only for cloud storage and syncing but also for collaboration. I have used it for school projects and internet projects and its a way to share folders with people in a collaboration group automatically.
So yea, its a really useful service, I recommend it, and if you use
this link not only will it give me an additional 250mb but you get extra space to start with aswell. I am at 5.8 GB myself and I don't think anyone I referred has disliked the service.
Unlike most 'file locker' sites Dropbox is classified as a 'service' and does a lot more than just host downloads, they have really good lawyers, are completely legit, and I would eat I'llSeeU-P's fedora if something like the Megaupload takedown affects them.
In fact in an article by TechCrunch when they were listing sites that are probably immune to the MPAA & RIAA Dropbox was name specifically as a service that had many legal uses, had great lawyers, and would be exceedingly hard to take down.