The US District Court of California denied adult entertainment company Perfect 10's request for an injunction against file-sharing service RapidShare on Thursday, saying that the company did not offer ...

Don’t try to compare Megaupload to RapidShare–or any other hosting or cloud service for that matter. Kim Dotcom’s now infamous file-sharing service has become the black plague of the industry, having ...

Pioneering file hosting service RapidShare is shutting down by the end of next month, according to a notice posted on the service’s website that was first reported by Torrrentfreak. The notice reads, ...

Update: The initial version of this post said that RapidShare had been fined €24 million. Another look at GEMA's press release says that the group won a case against RapidShare "worth €24 million," ...

RapidShare, the filesharing company founded thirteen years ago, and that has persisted through challenges both legal and cultural over the years, has announced it will be closing shop. By Andrew ...

File hosting site RapidShare has limited download speeds for non-paying users in an effort to curb copyright infringement on the site. File hosting site RapidShare has limited download speeds for ...

Online file locker services that, like Rapidshare, have a business model that provides an incentive to share copyright protected materials must monitor incoming links to discover infringing files, the ...

Online file locker Rapidshare is legal in Germany, but has to adjust its policy regarding infringing content, the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg has ruled. Rapidshare plans to appeal. Rapidshare, ...

Online storage provider RapidShare is expanding what it offers for its free service -- but it's also scrapped its earlier unlimited plan, even for customers who paid in advance for a longer-term ...

RapidShare has moved to try and head off future lawsuits by releasing a "responsible practices" booklet for its users imploring them to comply with the DMCA, but the RIAA is not impressed. Elsewhere… ...

RapidShare, one of the first file hosting services on the Internet, is shutting down next month. After March 31, all of its user accounts and data will be deleted. The Switzerland-based service went ...

Raimer hopes the panel will spark solutions for how the entertainment and tech industries can bridge their differences and work towards reducing the spread of illegal copies of movies, TV shows and ...