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The lawsuit was brought nearby German royalties collector GEMA, who called on the Regional Court in Hamburg to uniformity the case hosting service to stop it from hosting 5,000 music tracks on its neighbourhood in return download.

GEMA released a announcement in German addressing the court's ruling:

"The judgment states that the hosting amenities itself is now top in the direction of making trustworthy that none of the music tracks anxious are distributed via its platform in the future. This means that the copyright holder is no longer required to act the interminable and complex checks."

The court concluded that Rapidshare and other alike resemble rank sharing sites had not taken the suitable measures to impede copyright violation from occurring via the advice