German Court Order Rapidshare to Filter User Uploads
A Higher Regional Court in Germany has ruled that file-hosting service RapidShare must proactively filter thousands of files uploaded by its users. The Court confirmed three separate verdicts by a lower court, in cases that were started by book publishers and a music rights group. RapidShare has yet to decide whether it will appeal the verdicts, and informs TorrentFreak that there’s also positive news to report. In common with every file-sharing service, RapidShare is used by some of its members to host infringing material. During the past several years the Swiss-based cyberlocker has made