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No safe harbor for RapidShare in copyright infringement case - 10-03-2008, 11:01 AM
The net around us is closing...

No safe harbor for RapidShare in copyright infringement case
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10-03-2008, 01:34 PM
interesting article. this was published in January of 08. i wonder if they have appealed the case?
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Well, here is the one from yesterday :-

Court: RapidShare must remove infringing content proactively

Shared with me by a friend in this forum yesterday, so I don't want to take the credit for doing the research

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Cool Rapidshare - 10-03-2008, 02:23 PM
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Well, here is the one from yesterday :-

Court: RapidShare must remove infringing content proactively

Shared with me by a friend in this forum yesterday, so I don't want to take the credit for doing the research

Scanning all files for .mp3 or .avi extensions before granting these files access to the Rapidshare servers is of course totally impossible.

I have heard that these files can sometimes be hidden inside triple password protected .rar files


This leaves Rapidshare with only two options:

1. Close down their operation (and watch one of the other THOUSANDS of file hosting sites take over) or...

2. Move their servers to another part of the world with more liberal laws, when it comes to this
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10-03-2008, 02:46 PM
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Scanning all files for .mp3 or .avi extensions before granting these files access to the Rapidshare servers is of course totally impossible.

I have heard that these files can sometimes be hidden inside triple password protected .rar files


This leaves Rapidshare with only two options:

1. Close down their operation (and watch one of the other THOUSANDS of file hosting sites take over) or...

2. Move their servers to another part of the world with more liberal laws, when it comes to this
Are both rapidshare.com and rapidshare.de hosted in Germany? I had thought that they are separate but related entities.

By the way, all they are asked is that they proactively monitor these uploads. If their scripts just do the bare minimum like check for .mp3 and .avi and turn a blind eye to password protection, that should be enough

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10-03-2008, 03:53 PM
musterbkk, thanks for the news.


no, but seriously - this is really frustrating

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Thumbs up Rapidshare - 10-03-2008, 08:31 PM
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musterbkk, thanks for the news.

no, but seriously - this is really frustrating

They will have to be forced to ban .mp3 (and all the other audio formats), .avi (and all the other video formats), .zip, .rar and .tar files on their servers to risk losing the yellow jersey amongst file host services

And even if they were forced to ban those file extensions, uploaders could very easily change the file extensions to whatever and tell downloaders what to change them back into (in a Notepad file)...

And even if Rapidshare servers are MEGA, MEGA, MEGA fast (a FULL 700 MB .avi-file* divided into 7 .rar files takes 2-3 minutes tops all in all to download), there are other VERY fast file hosting services ready to take over...

And should the new file host leader get attacked by the MAFIAA - the legal procedure will take many months or even years to finish and so on and so on and so on...


*This being my sister's wedding, naturally )
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10-03-2008, 08:36 PM
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They will have to be forced to ban .mp3 (and all the other audio formats), .avi (and all the other video formats), .zip, .rar and .tar files on their servers to risk losing the yellow jersey amongst file host services

And even if they were forced to ban those file extensions, uploaders could very easily change the file extensions to whatever and tell downloaders what to change them back into (in a Notepad file)...

And even if Rapidshare servers are MEGA, MEGA, MEGA fast (a FULL 700 MB .avi-file* divided into 7 .rar files takes 2-3 minutes tops all in all to download), there are other VERY fast file hosting services ready to take over...

And should the new file host leader get attacked by the MAFIAA - the legal procedure will take many months or even years to finish and so on and so on and so on...


*This being my sister's wedding, naturally )
You are absolutely right

Rapishare ain't going nowhere

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10-03-2008, 08:44 PM
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...FULL 700 MB .avi-file divided into 7 .rar files takes 2-3 minutes tops all in all to download...
Oh what it must be like to have a fast internet connection.

We have to make do with old fashioned technology that BT thinks is cutting edge.

On a good day with a following wind I can get 4Mbs down and 500Kbs up!

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Oh what it must be like to have a fast internet connection.

We have to make do with old fashioned technology that BT thinks is cutting edge.

On a good day with a following wind I can get 4Mbs down and 500Kbs up!
Ashley that will not do for a music lover like you..
If you can afford a nice bottle of wine, you can get the lowest priced
high speed connection.....

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