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Atari Loses Copyright Suit Against RapidShare

Posted by Soulskill on from the game-over-play-again? dept.

dotarray writes "Online copyright lawsuits aren't all about music. Video game publisher Atari Europe recently became concerned that copies of its game Alone in the Dark were floating around one-click file-hosting service RapidShare, so it took the hosting company to court. While they won the initial case, the decision was overturned on appeal, finding that RapidShare is doing nothing wrong."

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  1. I don't believe it by paganizer · · Score: 4, Informative

    If nothing else, this article led me to the Wikipedia page that provided the information that Alone in the Dark was remade in 2008, and that Atari is suing pretty much everyone that has anything to do with it.

    It was REALLY exciting, until I realized that no North American courts are involved... A sane decision concerning copyright infringement by a U.S. Court would be really fantastic.

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  2. Re:torrent by HungryHobo · · Score: 4, Informative

    they follow the DMCA, they remove things when people report stuff to them.

  3. Re:torrent by mwvdlee · · Score: 1, Informative

    Then they allow the exact same file to be uploaded again with a slightly different filename.

    Gone is AloneInTheDark_87A81B2717B.zip, say hello to AloneInTheDark_87A81B2717C.zip

    And they don't provide any means for copyright holders to prevent this.

    Rapidshare may be legally right, morally they are very wrong.

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