File storage service, Rapidshare, to shutter in wake of legal woes
After years of legal trouble, the once-popular online file storage and sharing company Rapidshare is closing up shop.
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Canadian agency reported to be monitoring millions of downloads
A Canadian surveillance agency is tapping into Internet cables and analyzing up to 15 million downloads from popular file-sharing websites each day, in an effort to identify political extremists, according to a news report by The Intercept and CBC News.
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File hosting service must scan for copyright infringing files, German federal court rules
Online file locker services that, like Rapidshare, have a business model that provides an incentive to share copyright protected materials must monitor incoming links to discover infringing files, the German Federal Court of Justice has ruled.