RapidShare has announced this week that an appeals court in Germany has ruled in favor of the file sharing site, saying it could not be found liable for distribution of unauthorized files, and that forcing the company to filter all uploads would "produce too many false positives."
The court ruled in their favor because the company does not make uploaded files publicly available, and the ... [ read the full article ]
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not sure about that i have had one or two interesting items as result of RS..and not all artists are druggies..might have been in early days but have 'grown' up since (he said)
btw: talk about shapes of things to come..how about this?
youtube of late..i tried to download yt video. using realplayer download. nope.unable to download.ok tried youtube downloader..cant find flv file..??? tried 5 or 6 versions of video.same thing.ok tried downloading my own video clip.same.???
so once its up on yt you cant download it? not even yer own stuff..is this the WMG owns eveything deal now?
ive done a quick check..i downloaded and updated youtube downloader and all is back to normal there..dont know what the deal was with that..very odd..i can only download from 12:00pm to 4:00pm between 4pm to 12:00pm im blocked and on everything!! inc paid for items..what bugs me is that at some point someone in an office somewhere with a switch is gonna have to decide what is a legit download and what (in their opinion) isnt...and how they do that is in effect by monitoring everyone..and it will become mayhem..
there are 'auto updates' to apps we've installed -either freeware or paid for..windows updates..antivirus application updates (important) music downloads Itunes (yuk) that we've paid for, hi res audio downloads (expensive but paid for) amazon mp3 downloads (paid for) hardware driver updates...ips block all that, as ive proved they do..it will become trouble..ive read also that some isp's are unhappy about info gathering on their subscribers (BPI wants this info to prosecute) but some isp's eg virgin are more than happy to assist..ive heard horror stories about virgin of late...cutting people off, selling their phone numbers to others etc..over charging etc etc..the thought police are coming and its not govt....
rapid share is torcher with their constant nagging to pay for their faster speeds with no 15 minute wait times ontop of waiting up to 3 minutes plus to start the download.
john swan, sure someone has to pay bills..but what gets me is that since ppl arent buying so many cds of late, ppl are looking elsewhere , consumer choice..what i see is p2p sharing of items which are : established artits , inc classical music, in a hires uncompressed format and in surround..that seems to be very popular..but music industry doesnt want us to have that,,so is seeking to stop people obtaining this stuff, now instread of trying to answer this demand in a fair way, they just want to cut it off..leaving joe public with no alternative but to buy their expensive crappy cds..this isnt adjusting to consumer trends , its control,,its like the mafia...
