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RapidShare Might Sue Piracy Report Publisher for Defamation

By james_fudge

Swiss based cyberlocker company RapidShare is on the warpath this week after research report from the brand protection company MarkMonitor branded it as the leading digital piracy site with 13 billion page visits a year. RapidShare says that it might sue.

The company is agitated by the report because it has worked hard over the last year to combat digital piracy by working closely with rights holders. The company even implemented a variety of take-down tools and measure similar to what YouTube uses.

When it had to, the company also went to court to clear its name: it has won cases in US and German courts. Those courts ruled that RapidShare is a "legal business." But those efforts have not stopped trade groups such as the RIAA and MPAA from marking RapidShare as one of the largest piracy havens. The research report from MarkMonitor simply through gas on the fire. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).