Filed under: Internet, Web services
RapidShare could be shut down (for real this time... maybe)
The German royalties collection agency GEMA, which is basically like Germany's version of the RIAA, took RapidShare to court a while back. And last week a court ruled that RapidShare couldn't hide behind the "we don't know what our users are uploading" defense.
Of course, RapidShare can still appeal the ruling, so this isn't over yet. But it's no secret that there are plenty of pirated movies, music, and software applications hosted on RapidShare at the moment. So we don't expect GEMA to step aside anytime soon.




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dahakavitz said 9:30AM on 1-30-2008
screw rapidshare, mihd FTW!
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koan said 9:32AM on 1-30-2008
It's rapidshare.de, not .com.
It's important to specify this because the .com is hosted in Switzerland so it's not under the German court decisions...
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