Oink Busted????

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Oh snap.

That would be what I was thinking...

 

[Safe-N-Sound215 10+ year member]

..

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Yeah it sucks, but at this point in time it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. New sites and new methods of obtaining music will inevitably pop up, and the popularity of piracy will increase exponentially until the record labels look at new avenues of distribution. They're still following the basic business model that was developed when FM radio became popular, which is now horribly antiquated, and they continue to ignore changes in consumer behavior. Rather than dealing with it head on, or even realizing that the source of album leaks always starts with an industry insider, they just blame the consumer.
And really, I hope no one is scared or wipes their HD clean or anything. The raid was just a glorified scare tactic.

What were your current stats? I know you'd been there forever...

nG

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

my ratio was 17+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

All that seeding down the drain. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

my ratio was 17+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif
All that seeding down the drain. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Ok, well how much did you d/l?

nG

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

What were your current stats? I know you'd been there forever...
nG

Uploaded about 540GB, downloaded about 490GB, uploaded close to 1,000 torrents.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Uploaded about 540GB, downloaded about 490GB, uploaded close to 1,000 torrents.

Jeezy.

I still find new music I've never listened to before on the HD you hooked me up with.

nG

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

Just found this link, no idea how accurate everything is:

http://idolator.com/tunes/the-law/the-oink-fallout-should-its-ex+users-be-watching-their-backs-314216.php

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Ok, well how much did you d/l?
nG

Only about 5 gigs.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

better get a military grade format program and overwrite everything on your hard drives at least 7 times

i don't think that will be adequate.

To really be protected, anyone who has used oink should take a hammer to not only their hard drive but the monitor they were using.

Information regarding their illegal activities is stored in the pixels used to display the oink software.

Don't say you weren't warned.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Just found this link, no idea how accurate everything is:
http://idolator.com/tunes/the-law/the-oink-fallout-should-its-ex+users-be-watching-their-backs-314216.php

Apparently you didn't read the link I recently posted... from the official statement by OiNK and the second Admin themselves.

ALL other sites are speculation and bullshit.

nG

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

If I get word the feds are coming for me, I will **** and pillage my town before they get me. Might as well have a **** good reason for going to jail.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Well yeah.

nG

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

Just found this link, no idea how accurate everything is:
http://idolator.com/tunes/the-law/the-oink-fallout-should-its-ex+users-be-watching-their-backs-314216.php

Most of it is inaccurate, the probability of an OiNK user (especially those in the U.S.) being targeted is slim to none, for many reasons.

1) The two-year investigation did not involve the RIAA whatsoever.

2) These bumbledicks that did the investigating got almost everything wrong. The admin did not make money (I'd be surprised if he broke even on a consistent basis), donations were not mandatory, and you did not have to prove you could upload to get access. And OiNK did not specialize in pre-release music, they actually banned most of these uploads because they were horrible quality/webrips. If they can't even get basic facts (all of which would potentially be the lynchpins of their case if it goes to trial) about the site right in two years, what are the chances of them successfully targeting users?

3) OiNK did not log IPs with snatches, creating serious evidentiary problems in terms of proving copyright infringement of RIAA material. Best-case scenario is that they could prove you downloaded something, but it'd be impossible to prove what you actually downloaded.

4) There's still really not much precedence/case law on this issue, and trying to start with OiNK would be completely counterproductive to their goal. Their ace in the hole was shutting down The Pirate Bay and that blew up in their faces...trying to do the same with OiNK would result in the exact same outcome.

5) This whole thing really just screams of a scare tactic. They invited the BBC along for the raid (red flag, anyone?), and the IFPI put up the same 1990 style warning on the homepage (which, by the way, they don't have the authority to do) that they put up on every torrent site they shut down. And nothing has come from any of those raids except Elitetorrents, and the only reason there were legal repercussions there is because the site was based in the US and the MPAA forced the FBI's hands to do something.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Most of it is inaccurate, the probability of an OiNK user (especially those in the U.S.) being targeted is slim to none, for many reasons.
1) The two-year investigation did not involve the RIAA whatsoever.

2) These bumbledicks that did the investigating got almost everything wrong. The admin did not make money (I'd be surprised if he broke even on a consistent basis), donations were not mandatory, and you did not have to prove you could upload to get access. And OiNK did not specialize in pre-release music, they actually banned most of these uploads because they were horrible quality/webrips. If they can't even get basic facts (all of which would potentially be the lynchpins of their case if it goes to trial) about the site right in two years, what are the chances of them successfully targeting users?

3) OiNK did not log IPs with snatches, creating serious evidentiary problems in terms of proving copyright infringement of RIAA material. Best-case scenario is that they could prove you downloaded something, but it'd be impossible to prove what you actually downloaded.

4) There's still really not much precedence/case law on this issue, and trying to start with OiNK would be completely counterproductive to their goal. Their ace in the hole was shutting down The Pirate Bay and that blew up in their faces...trying to do the same with OiNK would result in the exact same outcome.

5) This whole thing really just screams of a scare tactic. They invited the BBC along for the raid (red flag, anyone?), and the IFPI put up the same 1990 style warning on the homepage (which, by the way, they don't have the authority to do) that they put up on every torrent site they shut down. And nothing has come from any of those raids except Elitetorrents, and the only reason there were legal repercussions there is because the site was based in the US and the MPAA forced the FBI's hands to do something.

I bet the RIAA is going to kill you.