Court Orders Rapidshare To Proactively Filter Content - GoFuckYourself.com

u-Bob · 06-24-2009, 11:12 AM

http://torrentfreak.com/court-orders...ontent-090624/

Quote:

The Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, has ruled that file-hosting service Rapidshare must proactively filter certain content.

Collections society GEMA claims to represent more than 60,000 composers, authors and music publishers worldwide, protecting their copyrights. After a request by the group, The Regional Court in Hamburg has ruled that hosting service Rapidshare is forbidden from making any of 5,000 music tracks from GEMA?s collection available on the Internet.

Rapidshare was also ordered to delete any and all of those same tracks from its servers and ensure that they are not uploaded again by users. Previously Rapidshare had been using file hashes to recognize tracks that were already removed after requests from GEMA, to ensure that they weren?t uploaded again. The court decided that the technique used was ineffective.

SBJ · 06-24-2009, 11:15 AM

Wow GREAT news! Lets see if they actually do it now

seeandsee · 06-24-2009, 11:19 AM

nice start

MaDalton · 06-24-2009, 11:22 AM

The GEMA is worse than russian money collectors - but good for musicians who depend on their payments

(I think the RIAA is their US equivalent)

notime · 06-24-2009, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaDalton

The GEMA is worse than russian money collectors - but good for musicians who depend on their payments

(I think the RIAA is their US equivalent)

The BUMA-Stemra is similar in Holland as their counterpart. Guess what? They just doubled their rates...So legal sites have to pay double the prices (next to paying the record companies). Many legal sites therefore given up and shut down since there's no money in legal music online

MaDalton · 06-24-2009, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notime

The BUMA-Stemra is similar in Holland as their counterpart. Guess what? They just doubled their rates...So legal sites have to pay double the prices (next to paying the record companies). Many legal sites therefore given up and shut down since there's no money in legal music online

yeah, Youtube had to delete a couple of thousand videos for german users cause the GEMA demanded so much that Youtube lost too much money.

the thing is: i know many musicians who live from their GEMA income, even 20 years after they had success. without GEMA most of them would be completely broke.

on the other hand the GEMA is extremely rigid when it comes to taking money from clubs. bars etc. and the guys who work for them very often drive very nice and expensive cars.

Socks · 06-24-2009, 06:07 PM

Could be interesting, because if they can't comply with keeping the stuff off their sites, what's the next step? With Napster, they were forced to comply with a similar ruling, and couldn't comply. They had to shut down due to non-compliance.

Is that how it's going to work in Germany?

Also this may open the door to more sites being targeted, through legal precedent.

Young · 06-24-2009, 06:10 PM

Does this apply to Rapidshare.de or Rapidshare.com. They pretty much operate as two separate websites.

Socks · 06-24-2009, 06:12 PM

Probably applies to their company, not a website.

BlackCrayon · 06-24-2009, 06:14 PM

i know they were already deleting some stuff but only from the huge mainstream companies.

06-24-2009, 11:15 AM	#2
SBJ So Fucking Fabulous Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 11,375	Wow GREAT news! Lets see if they actually do it now __________________ Chaturbate - Make tons of money from Cams! *Name Silo - Domains under $9 and free ID protect*

06-24-2009, 11:19 AM	#3
seeandsee Check SIG! Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Europe (Skype: gojkoas) Posts: 50,945	nice start __________________ BUY MY SIG - 50$/Year Contact here

06-24-2009, 11:22 AM	#4
MaDalton I am Amazing Content! Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 39,828	The GEMA is worse than russian money collectors - but good for musicians who depend on their payments (I think the RIAA is their US equivalent) __________________ AmazingContent.com - providing only the best content and service since 2003 Monetize your content on Veegaz.com - one of Germanies largest VOD sites Got German traffic? We convert it into money for you! Skype: madalton02826 - Email: oltecconsult [at] gmail [dot] com

06-24-2009, 06:10 PM	#8
Young Bland for life Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,468	Does this apply to Rapidshare.de or Rapidshare.com. They pretty much operate as two separate websites. __________________ ★★★

06-24-2009, 06:14 PM	#10
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	i know they were already deleting some stuff but only from the huge mainstream companies. __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

06-24-2009, 06:07 PM	#7
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	Could be interesting, because if they can't comply with keeping the stuff off their sites, what's the next step? With Napster, they were forced to comply with a similar ruling, and couldn't comply. They had to shut down due to non-compliance. Is that how it's going to work in Germany? Also this may open the door to more sites being targeted, through legal precedent.

06-24-2009, 06:12 PM	#9
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	Probably applies to their company, not a website.