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How RapidShare Plans To Avoid MegaUpload's Fate

Posted by samzenpus on from the easy-now dept.

concealment writes "On November 27, RapidShare will start putting a tight cap on outbound downloads for its free users. Paid members will still have 30 gigabytes in outbound downloads per day, but everybody else will be capped at one gigabyte. The change is expected to further deter pirates from using RapidShare to distribute copyright material on a large scale."

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  1. This sounds like a money grab by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why would this reduce piracy more than it would reduce legitimate uses?

    1. Re:This sounds like a money grab by kontos · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Probably wont, but it is win/win. They can "do something" about the pirates, and get a bump in revenue from the few pirates that will pay for an account to get around the restrictions.

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