Rapidshare Divulges Uploader Information

SaracenusSaracenus 671 Posts
edited April 2009 in Strut Central
Heads Up:http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/26/208246Gorgonzolanoid notes a post on TorrentFreak reporting that the German Rapidshare is divulging uploader information to rights holders. Record labels are apparently making creative use of "paragraph 101" of German copyright law, which gives them a streamlined process to ask a court to order disclosure of information such as an IP address. "In Germany, the file-hosting service Rapidshare has handed over the personal details of alleged copyright infringers to several major record labels. The information is used to pursue legal action against the Rapidshare users and at least one alleged uploader saw his house raided."

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  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    Uh oh piraters... where's your Sweden now...




    Can porn be next?

  • serch4beatzserch4beatz Switzerland 521 Posts
    thank god i live in switzerland and rapidshare has their servers in switzerland also
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