Paid movie downloads won’t be coming to RapidShare any time soon: The file host has abandoned its plans to launch a download store with Hollywood fare. But fear not: RapidShare competitor MegaUpload is apparently working on a commercial movie download venture of its own. Read More »
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The controversial file hoster RapidShare has taken a first step towards entering the digital content business: The company launched a download store for video games last week, and it is promising its end users to enable the sale of any kind of file soon. Read More »
Hollywood has set its sight on file hosters like Hotfile.com, which was sued this week by the MPAA’s member studios. Many of the legal arguments made against Hotfile could also easily be applied to RapidShare, Megaupload and even cloud-based backup and file synching services like Dropbox. Read More »
Today on the net: Qualcomm wants to sell FLO TV, Canada’s Netflix users will have a hard time with bandwidth caps, 7-Eleven’s branded web show gets two million views in three weeks, YouTube has selected the jury for its Play award and more. Read More »
RapidShare used to reward users for generating traffic with hugely popular free downloads, but the one-click-hoster is now revamping its offerings to move into a different direction: Content owners will be able to sell files, making it essentially possible to launch download stores powered by RapidShare. Read More »
A German appeals court recently dismissed a lower court verdict against Switzerland-based one-click host site RapidShare, noting that the company can’t be held responsible for the actions of its users. The Dusseldorf-based court also found that there are no reasonable ways … Read More »
One-click file hoster RapidShare has begun to send cease and desist orders to websites that index its content, according to a Torrentfreak report. Some of the sites targeted are Rapidshare.net, Rapid.org and Rapidshare4movies.com. See a pattern here? Apparently RapidShare’s … Read More »
Swiss-based one-click file hoster RapidShare wants to redirect users in search for pirated content to legitimate downloads, according to a report by Torrentfreak, which is based on an internal email supposedly sent by RapidShare CEO Bobby Chang. Torrentfreak is reporting … Read More »
RapidShare.com, the controversial one-click file hoster, is working on a movie site with plans to eventually include paid downloads of major Hollywood blockbusters. The Switzerland-based company is testing the waters with a beta site dubbed RapidMovies that currently includes a few dozen … Read More »
RapidShare Fined $34M; German court orders file-hosting service to filter content in ruling on lawsuit by music publishing group. (TorrentFreak) Rich Media Ads with Video “Overwhelmingly” Outperform Other Formats; Google’s DoubleClick conducted study that found purchase intent dramatically increased by video. (MediaPost) Qualcomm Flo to … Read More »
