Verdict : Good for single files, bad for multi files archives and the like.Great speed up and down, but way too long waiting time for free users. C-
General
- Name : Rapidshare.com
- Site : http://rapidshare.com/
- Rating :
(2.5/5)
Upload 4/5
- Max. Filesize : 100MB
- Max. Uploads : Unlimited
- Uploadspeed : 800 – 900 KB/s (depends on target network)
- Time until delete : after 45 days without a download / never for premium accounts
- Delete Link : YES
- Remote uploads : NO / Only for premium accounts
- Waiting time before upload : NONE
- Waiting time after upload : NONE
- Comfort functions : Folders with filestatus,Preview of photos, Upload manager
Download 2/5
- Max. Download :Waiting time for free users / 5 GB for premium accounts per day
- Max. Downloads per file : Unlimited
- Downloadspeed : 1000 kB/s (close to my line limit)
- Download manager support : NO / Only for premium accounts
- Resume downloads : NO / Only for premium accounts
- Simultaneous Downloads : 1 / unlimited for premium accounts
- Waiting time before download : up to 2 minutes, depends on filesize (none for premium accounts)
- Waiting time after download : up to 2 hours , depends on filesize (none for premium accounts)
- Captcha! : YES
- Comfort functions : link checker
Misc 2/5
- Get payed for downloads : YES, paid in premium accounts
- Buissness accounts : NO
Test conditions
- Tester : NoRapidshare
- Account : None
- Line Speed : 10 Mbit
- Line Type : LAN (to ISP)
- Tested from : Northern Germany
- Time tested : various
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Yeah, that’s what I say all the time
Has it been down over the last week or so? I heard that it was due to a legal injunction. If anyone knows any more, please email me at god_is_a_dj2001@hotmail.com
Yes, there was a legal action against rapidshare.de and .com , but I had no problems using rapidshare.com yet.
The story:
The GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte) is a german performance rights organization, i.e. it collects and distributes tolls for playing copyrighted music, like public radio, music on tv or in movies, etc.
The GEMA got a “einstweilige Verfügung” (an instruction from a court that is made (and in effect) before a judicial negotiation started) from the “Landgericht Köln” (regional court of Cologne) to stop rapidshare.de and .com from providing their service.
Rapidshare says they are not responsible for their users actions and have no means to control them. They plan to take the matter to court.
sources (german) :
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/83897
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/83989
P.S.: If you happen to know the correct english terms, pls comment.
news 18.01.2007 14:01 heise on-line
GEMA obtains provisional orders against file exchange services
The German exploitation corporation GEMA obtained provisional orders at the regional court Cologne against the operators of the file exchange services http://www.rapidshare.de and http://www.rapidshare.com. They are to have illegally used works from the GEMA repertoire. The services reproach storage capacities, so that users contents can feed and make publicly accessible for other users. GEMA speaker Hans ago TIG Geyer said opposite heise on-line, the services might not be resumed in the past form. In particular the society requires information of them now over it how many works from the GEMA repertoire are reproached.
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In particular the service http://www.rapidshare.de recruited according to GEMA occasionally thereby, from its memory is 15 million files callably. A license for this was not acquired however with the GEMA. RapidShare stated so far, the service does not have a knowledge of contents stored by users and can these also control. The regional court Cologne has legally nothing with the provisional orders however now made that the fact that the service operator does not stop contents, but these is high-loaded by users, to the fact changes clearly that the service operators are responsible for in the context of the service the taking place copyright infringements.
GEMA chairman of the board Harald Heker sees these decisions also for future handling “Web-2.0-Diensten” like YouTube and MySpace of of great importance. They show according to Heker, “that the bare shifting of the use actions to the users and the alleged uncontrollableness of the contents of the service operator does not relieve from its copyright responsibility for contents placed on its web page to the call”. (anw/c’t)
Thank you for the input
Is this an automated translation? Sounds weird.
I have bought a rapidshare account 15 days ago. They said that I ca download maximum 25GB in 5 days. I am not using more than 3/4 GB per day but they said that I have exceeded my download limit so I am not able to download using download manager, but when I am trying to download same file using normal browser without using download manager I am able to download. So it is not true that I ahave exceed my download limit. They are not allowing me to use download manager.
IF YOU ARE THINKING TO BUY A RAPIDSHARE ACCOUNT PLESE THINK AGAIN. THEY ARE NOT REPUTED COMPANY.
Rapidshare solution tested 100% working 2007.You’ll hate yourself for not getting this……NO FAKE
http://rapidshare.com/files/*********
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[Edit by norapidshare] Inside is a trial of Rapiddown, along with some ‘help’ files. I Did not test it yet, but beware of possible viruses being spread. My Antivirus (that’s AntiVir) didn’t find anything in the setup file though, but I have to remove it because there is a copyrighted mp3 inside the RAR. [/Edit]
Rapidshare ROCKS
I’m using RS to host 636 files ATM. Never had problems with it. That’s one. Two. The waiting time is i think based on the size of the file for the non-premium users and the longes i had to wait was about 85 minutes for .com. Three. If you have a dynamic IP, all you have to do is reset your connection (disconnect and reconnect) and you can donwload another file instantly.
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To many times the Free link comes back with wrong code, must be buggy, not comfortable with that enough to buy a premium account, looking for something more stable…….