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Court: RapidShare must remove infringing content proactively
| Posted by Kanzen on 09:29 PM 10/03/2008 |
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Court: RapidShare must remove infringing content proactively File sharing service RapidShare may find itself without a viable business model if a German court ruling stands. After getting sued by a German copyright holder, the company argued that it was doing all it could to screen out copyrighted material. The court, however, has ruled that its efforts were insufficient, raising questions about whether doing anything that was legally sufficient could be done without incurring enough costs to sink the company.RapidShare is one of a large number of companies that will host large files for users who need to exchange them with friends and family. Like many of these companies, it offers a free service with limited features in the hopes of enticing users to spring for the cost of a premium service, which offers some significant perks, such as hosting larger files, unlimited download speeds, and permanent storage. All of this occurs through a simple web interface, and doesn't involve the P2P transfers that have attracted the ire of ISPs and the copyright industry. As a result, their popularity is growing rapidly; RapidShare accounts for five percent of all IP traffic in some regions. Thanks Ars. For the full article, check the source. |
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| Source http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081001-german-court-says-rapidshare-must-get-proactive-on-copyrighted-content.html |
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Fuck you, courts. That being said, Rapidshare does kind of suck, but that's beside the point. The ruling is akin to forcing knife-makers to keep knives out of the hands of murderers or carmakers out of the hands of getaway drivers.  |
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