Most people that share files know the name Rapidshare. Rapidshare is based out of Switzerland and is one of the three main sites used on Filestube. This week courts decided to ban Rapidshare from distributing pirated books. This ban came from a case against rapidshare by many book publishers. The court ruled that they must monitor their site for anything copyrighted. If they do not comply they will be at risk for heavy fines and much more.This really isn't huge news because as we all know this is already illegal. It seems pretty redundant to me but with the ban on books this will have an impact on Comic book sharing online. Rapidshare like most companies that get slapped on the wrist will probably overreact and either close all together or ban all forms of books all together. As times passes I'm sure we will hear more and more about Rapidshare's ban on copyrighted books.
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