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Rapidshare Divulges Uploader Information

Posted by kdawson on from the thanks-for-sharing dept.

Gorgonzolanoid 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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  1. Re:Some basic rules to follow. by Sopor42 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My kingdom* for a mod point!

    (Sopor42 promptly gets off his "ethical" high horse...)

    *It's NOT my mom's basement, i swear!