Quote - > Quote - It's always hard to tell, but I get the strong impression that Rapidshare does have a checksum system that blocks repeat uploads of a removed file (one of the things which was listed as missing at MU in the reported list of causes) so it sounds as if it stands a better chance of standing up to scrutiny.

 

useless. see if I take a file, encrypt it, say with truecrypt, that checksum is now invalid. it's a simple job to then post the key elsewhere, say a forum, for those that know where to look.

and that wasn't even hard to think up... hell you could in theory, encrypt poser assets into graphics files (stenography) and distribute that way. again, not hard to do.

right now tho, it's more trouble than the pirates wish to goto. but in the future....

 

(no I'm no pirate. reading this thread, those 2 methods popped into my head right off.... and if I can think them up...)

I wasn't addressing whether it would be effective, I was pointing out that it suggests that Rapidshare is - in at least one respect - more active in dealing with infringing uploads than Megaupload is alleged to have been, and therefore should be at a reduced risk of attracting similar attention, as the person I was replying to feared.