|
Rapidshare must filter some textbooks
|
|
The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 24 February, 2010
Large textbook publishers Bedford, Freeman & Worth and Macmillan, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, The McGraw-Hill Companies and Pearson filed a lawsuit against file sharing host Rapidshare earlier this month, and today have gained an injunction, meaning the service must now proactively filter about 150 textbook titles, or face a hefty fine.
The suit cited all 148 titles to which the publishers ... [ read the full article ]
Please read the original article before posting your comments.
|
|
jony218
Suspended due to non-functional email address
|
24. February 2010 @ 23:43 |
Link to this message
|
|
They can take out rapidshare, but then something else will pop out in it's place.
They took out napster years ago, but it's many clones are still alive and kicking.
This is a war that will never be won. The only thing that might occur is that rapidshare just got some free publicity. Many people never even heard of rapidshare, but they have now.
|
|
Advertisement
|
 |
|
|
|
vontratt
Junior Member
|
25. February 2010 @ 00:02 |
Link to this message
|
|
Oh no, now they will obfuscate the file names.
|
|
ntense69
Member
|
25. February 2010 @ 00:22 |
Link to this message
|
|
i can think of better items to get with my rapidshare account
|
Senior Member
|
25. February 2010 @ 01:24 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by vontratt:
Oh no, now they will obfuscate the file names.
Exactly. How many people actually search Rapidshare itself for files anyway? People get links from third-party sites and it doesn't make a bit of difference what the name of the file on Rapidshare happens to be.
|
Junior Member
|
25. February 2010 @ 06:56 |
Link to this message
|
|
Someone uploads a book, five minutes later a rep from one of the companies sees it, there goes some more money. Hope there is a grace period in that lawsuit, otherwise no matter if they try to comply...so long Rapidshare
|
|
dappy123
Newbie
|
25. February 2010 @ 07:51 |
Link to this message
|
|
It's so very simple. The publishers are not unlike the music and entertainment industry. They will fight to the end their ability to satisfy their G-R-E-E-D! Go to their websites and see what they charge students and professionals. Many are priced at $80 to over $100. This is another legal monopoly.
|
|
pmshah
Member
|
25. February 2010 @ 07:52 |
Link to this message
|
Quote:
Originally posted by vontratt:
Oh no, now they will obfuscate the file names.
Exactly. How many people actually search Rapidshare itself for files anyway? People get links from third-party sites and it doesn't make a bit of difference what the name of the file on Rapidshare happens to be.
There is no facility on Rapidshare to search for files directly. A number of sites have cropped up which probably harvest the web and get all the related link to build a database that you can search.
It is essentially a file repository to enable file transfers among people. How people use it is a different story. With applications like jDownloader where the Rapidshare or whatever host it might be the end user does not get to see the links at all nor the password used. If the file names used are cryptic then Rapidshare can do nothing, nor the original copy right holders.
BTW the books are so over priced people will resort to all available avenues. I did my BSEE and BSME in US and and so did my daughter - in Computer science and Mathematics. We almost always got Asian editions, from back home. We saved over 80% in cost over original US publications.
My second daughter ia a consultant in HR. She mneeds some books priced at around US$ 700/- to 800/=. Guess what I am likely to do.
|
|
anto_aac
Newbie
|
25. February 2010 @ 10:19 |
Link to this message
|
RapidShare will never go away, file names will get changed, files will get re-uploaded! It's a cycle that will never end. Most people have fresh links ready for when their other links get banned!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 25. February 2010 @ 10:23
|
|
Unlockneo
Junior Member
|
25. February 2010 @ 11:52 |
Link to this message
|
|
good. i hate Rapidshare. i have to wait every 15 min. to download one file at a time. i prefer megaupload or mediafire which is way better.
|
Senior Member
2 product reviews
|
25. February 2010 @ 13:45 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by Unlockneo:
good. i hate Rapidshare. i have to wait every 15 min. to download one file at a time. i prefer megaupload or mediafire which is way better.
The wait times aren't that bad but I agree with you. Places like MegaUpload are better and becoming more popular.
|
Staff Member
4 product reviews
|
25. February 2010 @ 18:13 |
Link to this message
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Unlockneo:
good. i hate Rapidshare. i have to wait every 15 min. to download one file at a time. i prefer megaupload or mediafire which is way better.
The wait times aren't that bad but I agree with you. Places like MegaUpload are better and becoming more popular.
Rapidshare is great, when you have a Premium account :)
|
Senior Member
2 product reviews
|
25. February 2010 @ 20:43 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by DVDBack23:
Rapidshare is great, when you have a Premium account :)
I'll bet RapidShare is better than almost any other service if you have an account. However, in my opinion, the shorter wait times and faster speed on MegaUpload beat RS if you are a free user.
|
Senior Member
|
25. February 2010 @ 22:47 |
Link to this message
|
Megaupload is my favorite for free use too. When using JDownloader it's almost as good as (paid) newsgroups for me.
|
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
AfterDawn Addict
|
26. February 2010 @ 09:04 |
Link to this message
|
|
Every file I upload to RapidShare has the same simple file name . . .
|
