rapidshare/megaupload users :(

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rapidshare/megaupload users :(

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m-ej

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(quote from another site)

In Germany, the file-hosting service Rapidshare has handed over the personal details of alleged copyright infringers to several major record labels. The information is used to pursue legal action against the Rapidshare users and at least one alleged uploader saw his house raided.

Like many new releases, Metallica’s latest album “Death Magnetic” was uploaded to the popular file hosting service Rapidshare one day prior to its official release date last year. Since users don’t broadcast their IP-address or distribute files to the public directly though Rapidshare, it came as a surprise when the police raided the house of an uploader a few weeks ago.

At first it was unclear how the identity of the uploader was revealed, but today German news outlet Gulli said it had found out that this was likely to be accomplished by creative use of paragraph 101 of German copyright law. It turns out that several record labels are using this to take legal action against those who share music on Rapidshare.

Previously the paragraph was only used by rights holders to get the personal details of those who share copyrighted works on file-sharing networks. It basically enables the copyright holders to get “permission” from a civil judge to ask ISPs to disclose the personal details of a user behind a certain IP. Now, however, this also seems to be the case for file-hosting services such as Rapidshare, which is based in Germany.

This of course opens up the possibility for rights holders to go after a wide range of file-hosting services and potentially even BitTorrent sites. Indeed, everyone who now uploads a torrent file to a site hosted in Germany is at risk of having his personal details revealed. Although it will be impossible to prove that the uploader actually seeded the file it might be seen as assisting in copyright infringement.

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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by m-ej: 02-05-2009 11:32.

02-05-2009 11:32

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This is like a drug dealer who gives lists of his customers to the police and next gets away with dealing drugs. When you look at Crapidshare/megaupload and a dozen of other sites that only seem to be different front-ends for the same thing you can only come to the conclusion that this service is screaming "ILLEGAL" to you, but THEY get away with it.

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02-05-2009 15:21

Gregg

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Downloading stuff illegally, especially music, is becoming a dangerous business in Germany and your post just confirmed my opinion. I stopped doing that shit over 3 years ago, as the police came and took some of my friends pc’s.
Now, I rather pay 10 bucks for a cd or a movie then 10.000 when some company sues me for rubbing it.

Always thought Rapidshare is “safe”. I’m not too surprised that it aint though.

02-05-2009 15:49

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03-05-2009 18:29

Surya

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Everything can be done completely anonymous. Seach Google for "Anonymous surfing" Wink

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05-05-2009 22:03

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Originally posted by Surya
Everything can be done completely anonymous. Seach Google for "Anonymous surfing" Wink

05-05-2009 22:07

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ive tryed proxy servers in the past, but they slow down my browser so much it was hardly worth it.
besides i read somewhere that all your details will be stored on the proxy server anyway. so you can be traced . so at the end of the day i d/l as little as i can. unless im paying for it of course.

06-05-2009 11:29

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@Surya

p2p and torrent downloads rely on storing your IP adress in order to track dwnload/upload ratios etc, so if you try to bypass those you will get laughable speeds which render the whole thing useless. even if you do mask em theres your mac adress oyu cant hide cause its hardware written on your modem / lan card

on the other hand, browser downloads (such as rapidshare and megaupload) can be done anonymously but I really doubt theyre not checking your mac addy.

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06-05-2009 15:33

Surya

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There also are a few free VPNs you can use.

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07-05-2009 08:26

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07-05-2009 12:16

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