- Nov 5, 2013
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RapidShare, one of the longest-running file-sharing websites, has finally decided to close its doors.
On Tuesday, the Switzerland-based site abruptly announced that it will “stop the active service" on March 31. Neither the site nor its Germany-based lawyer, Daniel Raimer, immediately responded to Ars’ request for comment.
In a statement to Ars in the wake of the 2012 Megaupload raid, RapidShare's then-CEO Alexandra Zwingli argued that her firm was a wholesome, legal business. "RapidShare AG was founded in Switzerland and in fact, it was always located at the address given in the company details and was always run under real names without any anonymous intermediate businesses,” she wrote. “The radical measures against Megaupload were apparently required since the situation there had been totally different."
"We act rigidly against copyright infringement," Zwingli asserted. She added that the company has "established a constructive dialogue with politics and society in the United States and in other countries."
Just last month, it came out that the Communications Security Establishment—Canada's equivalent to the National Security Agency—targeted RapidShare users.
On Tuesday, the Switzerland-based site abruptly announced that it will “stop the active service" on March 31. Neither the site nor its Germany-based lawyer, Daniel Raimer, immediately responded to Ars’ request for comment.
In a statement to Ars in the wake of the 2012 Megaupload raid, RapidShare's then-CEO Alexandra Zwingli argued that her firm was a wholesome, legal business. "RapidShare AG was founded in Switzerland and in fact, it was always located at the address given in the company details and was always run under real names without any anonymous intermediate businesses,” she wrote. “The radical measures against Megaupload were apparently required since the situation there had been totally different."
"We act rigidly against copyright infringement," Zwingli asserted. She added that the company has "established a constructive dialogue with politics and society in the United States and in other countries."
Just last month, it came out that the Communications Security Establishment—Canada's equivalent to the National Security Agency—targeted RapidShare users.
