IFPI Settles With Cyberlocker Sites, Takes Over Domains

File-hosting sites, or cyberlockers as they are often referred to these days, are a growing phenomenon. Millions of people use sites like Rapidshare every day for convenient online hosting of their own data, but of course, many use these types of site for storing and sharing copyrighted music and movies. Although this activity is illegal in most countries around the world, the operators of hosting sites usually stay clear of trouble due to their ignorance of what resides on their own servers and complying with issued takedown notices, but many tread a very fine line in respect of the law.

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IFPI Settles With Cyberlocker Sites, Takes Over Domains

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