RapidshareGerman Court Orders RapidShare to Proactively Filter SongsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2009 - 6:52am.
Berlin
- A German court has sided with copyright society GEMA against free
file-hosting service Rapidshare, which must now monitor its site to ensure that
some 5,000 songs are not posted for distribution on its servers, Billboard
reported.
File Host Rapidshare Disclosing User IDs to Copyright HoldersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 27, 2009 - 11:01am.
Los Angeles - Rapidshare, a
free file-hosting service that has come under fire for hosting pre-release
copyrighted material, has begun sharing personal information of its users in Germany with
authorities there, resulting in at least one uploader's home being raided so
far, TorrentFreak reported.
German Court: RapidShare Must Proactively Nix InfringementsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 3, 2008 - 8:36am.
Los Angeles - A German court has ruled that free file-hosting service RapidShare must work proactively to remove copyrighted material uploaded to its servers, Ars Technica reported. Report: As World P2P Growth Slows, Direct Downloads GainAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 3, 2008 - 6:37am.
Leipzig, Germany - Worldwide use of peer-to-peer applications has fallen as a percentage of overall Web traffic, as the total amount of Web traffic has grown, Ars Technica reported, citing preliminary results of a new study from deep-packet inspection firm Ipoque. Italian Police Shut Down File-Sharing Forum Downrevolution.netAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 2, 2008 - 9:33am.
London - Italian police have shut down popular music file-sharing forum Downrevolution.net and arrested four alleged operators of the site, which counted 30,000 registered users, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a record label trade group. tags: Law | Policy | P2P | Music | Movies | Copyright | IFPI | Downrevolution.net | Rapidshare | Megaupload |
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