RapidShare 'illegitimate service'

[Robin H]

So got this mail:

Not sure what to say.
No accounts are being shared, and in the footer it clearly shows Rapidshare is a trademark of Rapidshare AG.

RapidShare AG - Support Team <support@rapidshare.com>
To whom it may concern,


We have recently become aware of your website

http://rs2rs.com

On the website mentioned above you are violating competition law and our terms
of use. As stated in our terms of use, we do reserve the right to lock
accounts that are used without our authorization.

Additionally you are infringing our company's right in the trademark
"RapidShare" as well as our company's copyrights by using the trademark
"RapidShare" on your website without permission.
We demand you (a) to cease and to desist sharing rapidshare accounts and (b)
to remove any content that concerns Rapidshare.com.

We consider your website as an attempt to harm our business. If you are
proceeding your illegitimate service, we will consider to take legal actions
against you.



Best regards,

Emma Mueller
RapidShare Support

RapidShare AG
Gewerbestrasse 6
6330 Cham
Switzerland

Telephone: +41 41 748 78 80
Fax: +41 41 748 78 99

Web: http://www.rapidshare.com
Email: support@rapidshare.com

Current answer: Will send tomorrow, unless anyone has something better to say:

Hello,

No accounts are being shared. The users of my site require their own account.
Files aren't even stored, simply streamed. So if the files are removed due to complaints from copyright owners, they can't be generated on my site.
This is not a 'premium link' generator site. It simply transforms rapidshare.com links into direct links using the rapidshare premium account the member has.

That way he can use it to 'remote' to filehosts that have banned the rapidshare server IP's.

So (a) doesn't apply here, since no accounts are being shared among users.
And I'm not sure about what you mean with (b).

Am I not allowed to use the string "Rapidshare" in my website's body?
If not, I'll remove it, but I think there is a misunderstanding of the service I'm offering.
I'd just like a confirmation from RapidShare about this.

In my footer it also clearly says 'RapidShare is a trademark of RapidShare AG.' And at this page ( which I ask everyone to read before paying ) it says no accounts are being shared.

A member can't do anything rapidshare-related on my site without their own rapidshare 'premium' account.

Regards,

I feel like they should pay me !

Robin H Reviewed by Robin H on 16th Dec 2010. RapidShare 'illegitimate service' So got this mail: Not sure what to say. No accounts are being shared, and in the footer it clearly shows Rapidshare is a trademark of Rapidshare AG. Current answer: Will send tomorrow, unless anyone has something better to say: I feel like they should pay me !:D Rating: 5

[Halcyon]

You know that Rapidshare can block your server's ip. Take care while replying to the mail.

[CammyD]

I would just send that e-mail now. Looks good .

[Robin H]

@V3g3t4
Ofcourse I know that. That doesn't have anything to do with this.
I'd just like to know this, is what I'm doing illegal?

IMO it's not as I'm not sharing accounts or costing them any cash.

[theforumdrunk]

2 demands to be met and you are covered in usa court of law against rs.

a) In your email, offer to show them how the system works to prove that you are not sharing premium account data.

b) Remove all words (rapidshare) from anywhere other then content pages of the site.

Reply saying that the demands have been met, and thanking them for notifying you of your errors there is no need for further contact. Don't fight/argue, just bring closure.

[Halcyon]

+1 to theforumdrunk

Close the topic, Don't make it a big issue. You're doing illegal stuff(according to them!). RS -> RS has been disabled by rapidshare themselves. Why would they allow users to use your site to flood their servers with duplicate content?

[theforumdrunk]

Why would they allow users to use your site to flood their servers with duplicate content?

True but isn't it incredibly easy to code away duplicate content? If they were against it they would create such a filter.

[Halcyon]

They can just compare the MD5 hashes of files being uploaded. It's not possible to compare the file-names the same way. That would be like suicide!

[Robin H]

Sent a mail.
Done everything they asked.

[Hawk]

Closed as requested by OP.