Rapidshare Divulges Uploader Information

Posted by kdawson on Sunday April 26, 2009 @10:29AM 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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Re:Some basic rules to follow. by Walpurgiss · 2009-04-26 11:25 · Score: 0, Troll

Jury Nullification.
Re:This is what you get... by Dan541 · 2009-04-26 13:29 · Score: 0, Troll

...when your countries incompetent judiciary accepts false evidence.

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