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Originally Posted by TadW
What I don't understand how Rapidshare can get through with this.
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Rapidshare is just a site where end users can upload files-- there is a disclaimer that you aren't supposed to upload anything you don't have the legal right to upload, and Rapidshare takes down specific files when they are told to. Unless you want the ability to share files of any type at all to be outlawed, I don't see much more that Rapidshare should be doing. It is the owner of the intellectual property that has the obligation of protecting their content, not Rapidshare's.
Rapidshare, though, is just one of multiple popular file storage sites, including Sendspace, Megaupload, Depositfiles, Megashares, 4shared, and others. You can use them for "legal" sharing of files or "illegal" ones, just like any other file sharing method.
The only reason I can think of for Rapidshare to be singled out for an article is because there is a search engine for Rapidshare files at
http://rapidlibrary.com/ (which turns up on google searches early and often.)
But I agree, torrents (especially bulk torrents) and usenet, and possibly emule and avaxhome are likely bigger sources than Rapidshare alone.