Court Orders RapidShare to Filter User Uploads. The book industry celebrated the outcome as a landmark victory

Posted: 2012/03/15 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, Jurisprudence

A Higher Regional Court in Germany has ruled that file-hosting service RapidShare must proactively filter thousands of files uploaded by its users. The Court confirmed three separate verdicts by a lower court, in cases that were started by book publishers and a music rights group. RapidShare has yet to decide whether it will appeal the verdicts.


http://torrentfreak.com/court-orders-rapidshare-to-filter-user-uploads-120315/

See also:

RapidShare Responds To Megaupload Comparisons: Only 5% Of Our Files Are Pirated & Provider Should Participate In Fight Against Piracy

http://vrritti.com/2012/01/26/update-dont-be-evil-rapidshare-responds-to-megaupload-comparisons-only-5-of-our-files-are-pirated-provider-should-participate-in-fight-against-piracy/

RapidShare: From ‘Notorious Market’ To Proactive Piracy Eliminator (MegaUpload)

http://vrritti.com/2012/02/09/rapidshare-from-notorious-market-to-proactive-piracy-eliminator-megaupload/

and:


http://vrritti.com/?s=rapidshare

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