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,” ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Under continued pressure to take additional anti-piracy measures, file-hosting site RapidShare introduced a new business strategy last year. The model restricted the ability of all users to engage in ...

RapidShare scraps unlimited storage with short notice Even customers who paid in advance for long-term unlimited storage at RapidShare will see it disappear on March 20.

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, ...

File locker website Rapidshare has announced that it has removed download speed restrictions from free users, as part of a move to introduce what a spokesperson described as “more efficient counter ...

Will the criminal cases brought by the United States against cyberlocker services stop at MegaUpload? Or are there more coming?Greg Sandoval/CNET Which cyberlocker service is next to get busted?