RapidShare limited the download speed to piracy to stop

The Swiss cyberlockerdienst RapidShare, the download speed for free users is reduced to piracy. The site claims that the number of infringing uploaders, since the closure of MegaUpload has increased tremendously over.

RapidShare is claiming that since the closure of MegaUpload at the end of January, with a significant growth of the traffic of free users today. “Unfortunately, this is accompanied by a growth in abuse of our services”, says the company behind the site Torrentfreak. RapidShare suggests that many users of the service have been chosen as a hoster for their ‘illegal activities’.

“We are convinced that lowering the download speed for free users RapidShare very unpopular for pirates will make and the infringing traffic will disappear”, says RapidShare. Persuade users to the paid service to use would not underlie to the decision, states the claim.

Free users will still have to qualify for faster download speeds, but then they have to indicate what file it is and from where this link is. They also need their address and phone number to give and give permission that RapidShare should check that it is for legitimate files and sites.


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