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RapidShare faces $34 million copyright infringement fine, is ordered to filter shared content

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Computing | by Samuel Axon | Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:33PM | 0 comments

German-owned and Switzerland-hosted file-sharing site RapidShare, which is often used to illegally share copyrighted material, has been ordered by German courts to pay a €24 million (a bit under $34 million) fine. It will also be forced to filter content to appease copyright holders represented by the GEMA, a German music industry group.

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