Pica y se extiende los problemas de servidores parecidos a Megaupload con reversas judiciales y esta vez para la número 2 en esta área, Rapidshare.
En Alemania, dos publicadores de libros Degruyter y Campus y un miembro de la industria musical europea GEMA, lograron por separados hacer que el alto circuito regional de la corte alemana ratificara una previa decisión de otro foro en el que Rapidshare tendría que fiscalizar lo que sus usuarios suben a sus servidores.
No es secreto que en muchos sitios de internet, foros y blogs, la primera opción de subir contenido es en Rapidshare, esto incluye material pirata que prácticamente nadie vela en Rapidshare.
En el pasado Rapidshare ha querido y ha estado abierto para cooperar con autores y empresas que han hecho quejas formales en contra de la página pero todas han acusado el pobre esfuerzo de sus creadores en controlar todo contenido que es subido a través de su servicio.
Aquí un comunicado de Rapidshare:
Premature rejoicing at GEMA and the German Publishers and Booksellers Association
Baar/Switzerland, 16 March 2012. On 14 March 2012, the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg affirmed injunctive relief sought by GEMA and the publishers Campus and De Gruyter against RapidShare in three separate judgments. Both the German Publishers and Booksellers Association and GEMA issued “jubilant statements” immediately afterwards. In doing so they are conveniently ignoring the fact that it is considered unprofessional to evaluate a judgment before the written reasons for the judgment are on hand. Only then will it become apparent which party can truly celebrate a judgment as a success.
However, the Higher Regional court of Hamburg has issued a press release indicating a possible reason for the plaintiffs’ hectic actions: in the present cases the Court has amended its previous position, according to which RapidShare’s business model was not approved by the legal system. For the first time, the Court has also acknowledged that files only become “publicly accessible” when users publish the links in the Internet. In the past the previous diverging assessment had resulted in extensive obligations, already when uploading a file. Accordingly, the Court now sees the duties of RapidShare in particular in fighting the issue of piracy where illegal files are actually distributed, namely on the respective link pages. That is exactly what RapidShare has already been engaged in for years.
Alexandra Zwingli, CEO of RapidShare: “Of course, we will only make a detailed statement once we have the complete text. However, I am convinced that our tried-and-tested actions against copyright infringements are the right way to go, and I am pleased that the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg has confirmed as much in its press release. This demonstrates that we are not only technological, but also legal pioneers in cloud storage.”
Veo esto que ser convertirá en algo habitual por el momento.
