Apparently Rapidshare are providing record labels with details of users accused of uploading pre-release albums to the site.
The labels can then take this IP address data to ISPs to identify the users - with one person already saying he’s been the subject of a police raid after uploading a copy of Metallica’s Death Magnetic to his Rapidshare account a day before its release.
It’s a sign that the music industry is taking the piracy threat posed by sites like Rapidshare seriously, rather than just focusing on P2P. Research indicates that particularly for pre-release leaks, file-hosting sites are increasingly important.
For this to really work though, the majors have to take a hard line stance against everyone, starting off with making examples out of the first few offenders. Whether or not this will work… only time will tell, but if they really do want to take on the world of music piracy, these are the steps that are needed to be taken and this is a starting point.
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