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Originally Posted by medard
What I don't understand is: Does this apply to Rapidshare only, and why? There are several file hoster, did Rapishare something different on a technical level than the others do?
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I'm sure it applies to others as well. rapidshare and megauploads etc. have been used a lot for filesharing, legal or not.
I can't think of any reason that any filehosting service, even cloud services meant for personal data storage only can not be used to some extent for illegal file sharing. Prosecute one and you should prosecute them all whether they be Microsoft or Google or HP etc. Making a profit from this whether intentional or not should be a separate issue, kind of like living of the avails of, or not paying taxes on illicit income. Perhaps this is the case, but I doubt it. I can't see merely making it possible for people to share files can be considered a crime when there are so many ways to do it.
Helen