February 10, 2015
The Swiss file host has just announced that it will close down on March 31st 2015 and disappear from the web. It advises its customers to secure their data before that date. The company doesn't cite a reason for the surprising shutdown, but losing the majority of its users in recent years after the implementation of tough anti-piracy measures is likely to be connected.
Rapidshare started in August 2004 as file host und soon enjoyed enormous popularity, in fact it was for years the most popular one-click file-hosting service on the Internet.
With time, however, the service got repeatedly in trouble, because it was used for sharing copyright-infringing material..
In May 2013 the company dismissed a large part of its staff and rumors started about impending closure. But it survived for a while.
In July 2014 it abolished standard accounts and the service could only be used under payment. Apparently this concept was not received well, not least because competitors offered increasingly more capacity for free or nearly so.
My comment: I stopped using this host long ago, in fact it had practically disappeared from the file sharing scene in the last year or so. Nevertheless, I can’t help feeling a bitter taste in my mouth when I think of all the stuff I had downloaded and all the discussions I had held during its past days of legendary glory.
Rapishare is dead, long live file sharing!
The Swiss file host has just announced that it will close down on March 31st 2015 and disappear from the web. It advises its customers to secure their data before that date. The company doesn't cite a reason for the surprising shutdown, but losing the majority of its users in recent years after the implementation of tough anti-piracy measures is likely to be connected.
Rapidshare started in August 2004 as file host und soon enjoyed enormous popularity, in fact it was for years the most popular one-click file-hosting service on the Internet.
With time, however, the service got repeatedly in trouble, because it was used for sharing copyright-infringing material..
In May 2013 the company dismissed a large part of its staff and rumors started about impending closure. But it survived for a while.
In July 2014 it abolished standard accounts and the service could only be used under payment. Apparently this concept was not received well, not least because competitors offered increasingly more capacity for free or nearly so.
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https://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing-icon-rapidshare-shuts-150210/My comment: I stopped using this host long ago, in fact it had practically disappeared from the file sharing scene in the last year or so. Nevertheless, I can’t help feeling a bitter taste in my mouth when I think of all the stuff I had downloaded and all the discussions I had held during its past days of legendary glory.
Rapishare is dead, long live file sharing!
