If you run a download site, forum you may want to hide download link URLs so automatic crawlers from rapidshare, mediafire, hotfile etc. like won’t delete them. The service doesn’t redirect, instead its puts a captcha system on the links. Hence only humans can use them.
Hides.at : Protect Download Links from being Banned by Crawlers

This is useful if you are constantly sharing downloadlinks on your blog or website. It will them from crawlers that auto deletes the links to “copyright content” that you placed.
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Your links will become immune to auto deletion. You won’t have to worry about your visitors complaining about the missing download links.
