Rapidshare Shares Uploader Info with Rights Holders
Found on TorrentFreak on Sunday, 26 April 2009
In Germany, the file-hosting service Rapidshare has handed over the personal details of alleged copyright infringers to several major record labels. The information is used to pursue legal action against the Rapidshare users and at least one alleged uploader saw his house raided.
This of course opens up the possibility for rights holders to go after a wide range of file-hosting services and potentially even BitTorrent sites. Indeed, everyone who now uploads a torrent file to a site hosted in Germany is at risk of having his personal details revealed.
There goes the rest of my belief in privacy rights in Germany. Welcome to the club of nations who happily stomp the rights of their citizens due to some pressure from greedy companies.