Court orders file-sharing site RapidShare to monitor for copyrighted content [updated]

. A court in Germany ruled on Thursday that RapidShare must implement a system that proactively filters user uploads in order to prevent the illegal sharing of copyrighted content. Like Megaupload, which was shuttered earlier this year, RapidShare allows users to upload large files and share them online. The service has become widely known for hosting copyrighted software, music, movies and books that are then shared illegally on forums, blogs and a variety of of other websites.

Boy Genius Report, Court orders file-sharing site RapidShare to monitor for copyrighted content [updated]