I just picked up the article as below. Rapidshare has been fines 24 million
Euro (about 36 million US$) and told to remove material from their site.

The flipside of this is that what material to remove is now vested with
some techos at Rapidshare and I noticed that many of the Ozi maps have
already been removed. I guess our map creations are legitimate to share,
but could I suggest we use a less controversial place than Rapidshare to
share them in the future. You only need to remove one of maybe 25 files to
make the map unusable, and that is just now happening.

The article

File hosting service Rapidshare has been fined €24m by a German court and
ordered to filter online content more effectively.
German royalties collector GEMA, which brought the case against the
company, had called on the Regional Court in Hamburg to order Rapidshare to
prohibit around 5,000 music tracks from being made available online.
"The judgment states that the hosting service itself is now responsible for
making sure that none of the music tracks concerned are distributed via its
platform in the future," according to a GEMA.
"This means that the copyright holder is no longer required to perform the
ongoing and complex checks."
Additionally, the court ruled that Rapidshare and other file sharing sites
had not taken enough preventative measures to halt copyright breaches
taking place via the service.
"The judgment... marks a milestone in GEMA's efforts to combat the illegal
use of music works on the internet," said the organisation's CEO Harald Heker.
"GEMA will continue to do everything it can to shield its members from
online piracy. We are confident that in this way we will be able to reduce
the illegal use of the GEMA repertoire on the internet to a negligible level."
Rapidshare could not immediately be reached for comment at time of writing


At 03:49 p.m. 26/06/2009 +0100, you wrote:


>In my experience you only get the 'maybe the file is no longer available'
>if the link you put in downloads.txt is invalid.
>Rapidshare Downloader works for me every time.
>
>As an example here are a few valid links to OziExplorer map files extracted
>from my downloads.txt file:
>
><http://rapidshare.com/files/149949303/Liguria_IGM_25000.part4.rar>http://rapid\
share.com/files/149949303/Liguria_IGM_25000.part4.rar
>http://rapidshare.com/files/149948750/Liguria_IGM_25000.part3.rar
><http://rapidshare.com/files/149948131/Liguria_IGM_25000.part2.rar>http://rapid\
share.com/files/149948131/Liguria_IGM_25000.part2.rar
>http://rapidshare.com/files/149947477/Liguria_IGM_25000.part1.rar
><http://rapidshare.com/files/149946710/Lazio_IGM_25000.part7.rar>http://rapidsh\
are.com/files/149946710/Lazio_IGM_25000.part7.rar
>http://rapidshare.com/files/149946362/Lazio_IGM_25000.part6.rar
><http://rapidshare.com/files/149945711/Lazio_IGM_25000.part5.rar>http://rapidsh\
are.com/files/149945711/Lazio_IGM_25000.part5.rar
>http://rapidshare.com/files/149944963/Lazio_IGM_25000.part4.rar
><http://rapidshare.com/files/149944318/Lazio_IGM_25000.part3.rar>http://rapidsh\
are.com/files/149944318/Lazio_IGM_25000.part3.rar
>http://rapidshare.com/files/149943771/Lazio_IGM_25000.part2.rar
><http://rapidshare.com/files/149943157/Lazio_IGM_25000.part1.rar>http://rapidsh\
are.com/files/149943157/Lazio_IGM_25000.part1.rar
>
>Generally, the files to be downloaded have a '.partx.rar' at the end. If
>the files you are trying to download don't have this then maybe they are not
>the target files.
>
>If you can specify exactly which files you are trying to download, I will
>check whether it works or not here.
>
>I assume you have suitable software to decode .rar files once downloaded.
>If not, then there are several programs available, but I have found the
>easiest to use free program is Free RAR Extract Frog, see:
><http://download.cnet.com/Free-RAR-Extract-Frog/3000-2250_4-10804840.html>http:\
//download.cnet.com/Free-RAR-Extract-Frog/3000-2250_4-10804840.html
>Once installed, to use it you simply double click on part1 and it extracts
>the entire archive automatically.
>
>Some readers might find the following link useful:
><http://rapidlibrary.com/index.php?q=Topo+oziexplorer&filetype=0>http://rapidli\
brary.com/index.php?q=Topo+oziexplorer&filetype=0
>It's a list of all the OziExplorer map parts on RS.
>Note that it is a pretty long list of around 18 pages!
>Check that the file parts you are trying to download are in this list.
>
>Once you get to 'know the ropes', Rapidshare isn't that difficult to use. I
>imagine the reason why maps are hidden by several layers of links and less
>common archive format are fairly obvious. They wouldn't be there very long
>otherwise ;-)
>
>HTH
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com>OziUsers-L@yahoogroups.com
>[mailto:OziUsers-L@yahoogroups.com] On
>Behalf Of <mailto:kiwino1%40gmail.com>kiwino1@...
>Sent: 26 June 2009 05:24
>To: <mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com>OziUsers-L@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [OziUsers-L] Re: Maps of northern Czech
>
>Great Idea, but I can't make it work.
>
>It say the file is no longer available, but I can still download one file
>manually until I get the Rapiscammer mesages "gime money-gime money-gime
>money-gime money-gime money-gime money-gime money.
>
>I put in the file location in the downloads.txt file and the destination
>directory in the .ini file.
>
>At 10:43 a.m. 23/06/2009 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >There are quite a few ozi maps on Rapdishare.
> >
> >You can get around all the tedious work with a brilliant little program
> >written in assembler, see:
> ><<http://home.deds.nl/~rapiddownload/>http://home.deds.nl/~rapiddownload/
> >http://home.deds.nl/~rapiddownload/
> >
> >This automates the whole process for you and can even change your IP
>address
> >dynamically (unless using a modem router).
> >It can also extract the file links from a text copy of the webpage,
>ignoring
> >anything which isn't a valid url.
> >Start the program, go away and enjoy yourself. When you come back all
> >required files have been downloaded.
> >No pain at all ;-)
> >
> >I have no connection with it other than as a very satisfied user.
> >
> >Do check it out.
> >
> >Des
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From:
>
<mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com>OziUse\
rs-L@yahoogroups.com
>
> >[mailto:OziUsers-L@yahoogroups.com] On
> >Behalf Of pepito mi corazon
> >Sent: 22 June 2009 22:10
> >To:
>
<mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com>OziUse\
rs-L@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [OziUsers-L] Re: Maps of northern Czech
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "erik_kirknel"
>
<<mailto:kirknel%40hotmail.com><mailto:kirknel%40hotmail.com>kirknel@...\
>
> >To:
>
<<mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com>OziUs\
ers-L@yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:49 PM
> >Subject: [OziUsers-L] Re: Maps of northern Czech
> >
> > >
> > > --- In
>
<mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com>OziUse\
rs-L@yahoogroups.com,
>
> > "pepito mi corazon"
> ><pepito.mi-corazon@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
>
<<http://rapidshare.com/users/3BUSFS>http://rapidshare.com/users/3BUSFS>http://r\
apidshare.com/users/3BUSFS
> > > > <http://rapidshare.com/users/BIW6ZB>http://rapidshare.com/users/BIW6ZB
> > > >
> >[...]
> >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "wirringdk" <ozi_list@...>
> > > > To:
>
<<mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:OziUsers-L%40yahoogroups.com>OziUs\
ers-L@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 3:12 PM
> > > > Subject: [OziUsers-L] Maps of northern Czech
> >
> >[...]
> >
> > > > >As far as I can see the links does NOT lead to the maps, but to a
> >downloader??
> >
> >Click on the Rapidshare link below. It opens an index, click on the file
>you
> >want to download, click on the free user" button, wait for the displayed
> >duration. Don't miss the time slot otherwise you"ll have to wait for an
> >another period ! Click on the round blue "download" button and save the
>file
> >(in the event you happen to become addicted, Firefox has addins to automate
> >the operations).
> >For free users, Rapidshare has time and size limitations. You can try a
> >workaround by interrupting the ADSL connection when the file is done. In
> >most cases this allows to renew the dynamic IP address and resets the
> >Rapidshare counters.
> >
> >The Maps are archived in RAR format. They're cut in several parts. You
> >absolutely need to get all the parts of an archive to allow the unarchiving
> >process. Just click on the first file of the archive. Winrar knows how to
> >deal with the other parts.
> >
> >I know, that it may be painful !
> >However nopain no gain :-)
> >
> >Good luck
> >
> >I use BullGuard to keep my computer clean.
> >Try BullGuard for free: www.bullguard.com
> >
> >
>
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>
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