http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ Rapidshare is one of the world's largest file-hosting sites with millions of files stored on its servers. Rapidshare is a one click hosting provides paid and free services, owned by German and... Copyright by BloggersBase 2010 editor@bloggersbase.com webmaster@bloggersbase.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:14:01 GMT Internet http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ Wow! This is great for the music industry. Perfect post mash. Well, done. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:19:53 GMT http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ I tried Rapidshare via Ramaraobobby's blog entry and link. The downloads were fast as promised (so no complaints here). What I didn't like was the piracy of so many copyrighted stuff and the fact that trojans may lay hidden in certain files waiting to be downloaded. (My pc got infected with a rootkit through a friend's email, not via Rapidshare.)<br /><br />While I understand the concerns of music and content owners, I can also understand why Rapidshare says this judgement is unfair to them and "not a breathrough" to them. The judgement may set a record for future judgements to say that search engines (who are not responsible for what being hosted online), are now technically open "to be sued" - just for SHOWING links or extracts of links with pirated music.<br /><br />What makes it more legally complex is that the music links hosted via Rapishare are not really "free". Most people swear they hate downloading anything from Rapidshare (the only way to download conveniently is to pay). If Rapidshare paid royalties to music owners for the music they hosted, they would not be in legal trouble!<br /><br />For now, music owners may have peace of mind to know that their music is no longer downloadable via Rapidshare. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:11:56 GMT http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ Ooops! Sorry for the duplicate! >,< Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:12:30 GMT http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/internet/rapidshare-fined-34-million-by-regional-court-hamburg/ wow where would they get their money Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:51:30 GMT