Growing even faster, though, are cyber-lockers such as RapidShare. These let people share links to files they have uploaded to the "cloud", the huge arrays of easily accessible servers that host all manner of data. A few such cyber-lockers (largely out of the direct reach of American justice) now have more visitors than the top peer-to-peer sites. Illegal streaming services and piracy via mobile devices, the IFPI says, are the next big threat.
相比之下,RapidShare等网络硬盘发展更加迅速。通过网络硬盘,用户可以将自己的文件资料上传到“云”,并在网上发布指向文件的链接。“云”,是巨大的方便接入的服务器组,可以存储各种各样的资源。如今,一些网络硬盘(所在地区美国司法机构鞭长莫及)的访问量已经超过了最大的P2P站点。而接下来威胁最大的,据IFPI称,是非法流媒体服务和基于移动设备的盗版。
In the eyes of rights-holders, the law seems shamefully lax. In 1998 America adopted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which criminalised many of the methods used to copy digital content, but also established "safe harbours", explicitly protecting intermediaries such as search engines and social networks from prosecution for their users' actions. Several other rich countries have similar laws. The pirates just moved their illegal activity to looser jurisdictions, such as Sweden—while still benefiting from American-based search engines and payment systems. Now the rights-holders see intermediaries as the only point where they can choke the illegal trade. "This is the last stand—the guys who have the pipes," says Peter Mensch of Q Prime, which represents bands such as Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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