Comments on: RapidShare Fined $33 million for Violating German Copyright Laws

By: 2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 2 of 3

2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 2 of 3 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:36:56 +0000

[...] a result of this, grew in the country. RapidShare, a German based company later in the month, was fined $33 Million for copyright violations. As a result, many started looking for alternatives to the one-click hoster though it never [...]

By: EHall

EHall — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:26:25 +0000

In response to DrewWilson’s comment – while may be ‘In this economy it’s bad for everyone that a money making enterprise get’s hit like this’ – the purchase price charged goes to cover the costs of all the people involved in the process – so in the case of music – royalties cover costs of the studio hire, the production staff (writer, musicians, producer etc), the marketing staff, the management staff, etc – surely it is better to keep all of these people in emplyoment rather than just one company?

By: skeptical

skeptical — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:23:18 +0000

Legit business model? When was the last time anyone downloaded anything “legitimate” off of Rapidshare? (ok, it probably happens every once in a while)

I’m willing to wager that most of their money is made off of people who have Rapidshare accounts so that they can download copyrighted material or warez.

By: Miegel

Miegel — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:29:55 +0000

Is there a site where the actual Court decision can be read ?

By: we must fight them on a world wide basis

we must fight them on a world wide basis — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:01:05 +0000

People of the p2p world and rapidshare we must fight these denegerates on a organised world wide scale. Cant you see this is a organised on a world wide scale to curb our rights. its us,freedom, against them. they are taking us back to the darkages of slavery that is why they need suveillance on civilians because they see us as threat to there master plans. we must fight before its too late we become there prisoners

By: P2P Blog

P2P Blog — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:13:36 +0000

The actual verdict hasn’t been published yet. All these articles are based in one form or another on a GEMA press release, which states that the court found the value of the matter to be 24 million Euros.

The value of the matter (Streitwert) will be important if Rapidshare violates the verdict and some of these titles continue to pop up on the service, but it doesn’t mean that Rapidshare has to send GEMA a 24 million Euro check.

By: D.AN

D.AN — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:28:36 +0000

The bastards just don’t want to do their own dirty work. Hosting companies are only suppose to host files, as much as ISPs are only suppose to provide Internet services.

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:13:27 +0000

This is a dark day for German hosting companies. It’s a legitimate business model that is being under assault here, not so-called “piracy”. In this economy, it’s bad for everyone that a money making enterprise get’s hit like this.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:39:43 +0000

Wrong…
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i6fad5a2a1d8e51322a228bfb25596759

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/24/rapidshare_gema/

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:27:55 +0000

There was no fine, see:

http://torrentfreak.com/court-orders-rapidshare-to-proactively-filter-content-090624/