Rapidshare Fined €24 Million by German Court

**MIG-31** · Jun 24, 2009, 05:51 PM

File-sharing site Rapidshare has been hit with a big fine of €24 million ($34 million) by the Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, following a request by GEMA, a German copyright protection group acting on behalf of 65,000 composers and other music industry parties. The court also forbid the file-sharing site from hosting any of the 5,000 tracks from GEMA's collection.
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Jun 24, 2009, 05:51 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Rapidshare Fined €24 Million by German Court File-sharing site Rapidshare has been hit with a big fine of €24 million ($34 million) by the Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, following a request by GEMA, a German copyright protection group acting on behalf of 65,000 composers and other music industry parties. The court also forbid the file-sharing site from hosting any of the 5,000 tracks from GEMA's collection. ____________ Source: Softpedia __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here