File hosting service Rapidshare, used primarily to upload, share and download movies, music albums and other large files, is scouting for local content providers in order to attract more Indian users. Rapidshare is a file hosting service, and used by millions of Internet users for sharing comic book PDFs, mp3s, videos, movies etc. Users can upload hundreds of MB of files to Rapidshare, share the download link with their friends and let them download them for free. A premium service that offers more storage and priority bandwidth is also available. Medianama spoke to Bobby Chang, COO, RapidShare, who plans to make the website a one stop shop for games, music, movies and books. He also talks about a new tool for corporate users, game distribution and copyright violations. Movies: Published Vs User Uploaded This month, Rapidshare will launch its latest portal - RapidMovies - globally. The company is currently waiting for publishers to bring content on board, but we wonder how this would really matter, since movies are already available on Rapidshare as uploads by users. While the site does not offer a search facility, it does not take long to Google for the latest movie on Rapidshare, even Bollywood ones such as Kambakht Ishq, Jashn and ShortKut. In an emailed reply, Chang said, "There's a big difference in who owns the content. Movies that users of RapidShare share via the platform is not our content. We are planning to offer free content (free movies, making-ofs and interviews etc) as well as paid…
