An unnamed reader writes with this excerpt from TorrentFreak:
"The file-hosting service Rapidshare is seeking major designed to entertain.
distraction big business* partners for an online store . The plan is an attempt to bridge the gap between copyright holders and users of the site who ration infringing material. Similar to many other companies that operate in the file-sharing business, Rapidshare often finds itself caught between two fires. On the one hand it wants to optimize the user experience, but by doing so they have to respect the rights holders to avoid being continuously dragged to court. To ease the minds of some major commander in the merriment industry, Rapidshare's General Manager Bobby Chang has revealed an ambitious plan through which copyright holders could benefit from the file-hosting service. At the same time, Chang says that his company will target uploaders of copyrighted matter — whom he refers to as criminals — more aggressively."

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