Two weeks ago, textbook publishers won an important victory in German court against Swiss file-sharing site Rapidshare, in the form of a preliminary injunction ordering Rapidshare to prevent the illegal sharing of 148 copyrighted works named in the suit. The ruling indicated “it is not only necessary to promptly block access to the specific file, but rather to also take precautions going beyond this in order to prevent to the largest possible extent the occurrence of further similar infringements.” The court awarded the plaintiffs legal fees of 7.2 million euros, and said violations could incur fines of 250,000 euros per […]
