The ruling came after games company Atari took action against RapidShare and requested that it implement measures such as a keyword filter.

The court, however, ruled that these measures were unreasonable.

RapidShare's legal representative Daniel Raimer told TorrentFreak, "The ruling demonstrates once again that RapidShare is operating a fully legal range and has taken measures against the misuse of its service which go beyond the level that is legally required. We are confident that copyright holders will gradually come to ...