Oink Busted????

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Check this out...

http://www.slyck.com/story1605_OiNK_Busted

http://crunchgear.com/2007/10/23/police-shut-down-oink-bittorrent-site/

Police raided and shut down the OiNK BitTorrent site earlier today after a two-year investigation, shocking users across the BT community. Additionally, the 24-year-old man who ran the site was arrested. Good luck, bro.

I really love this quote by one of the anti-piracy guys that make OiNK users sound like war criminals:

OiNK was central to the illegal distribution of pre-release music online. This was not a case of friends sharing music for pleasure. This was a worldwide network that got hold of music they did not own the rights to and posted it online.
What a paranoid industry, thinking everyone’s out to get them.

Well it was fun while it lasted. The thing that always amused me on OiNK was how so many people wanted you to keep it a “secret.” “Don’t tell anyone about us, we want to stay under the radar.” I should hope these people didn’t think the authorities were oblivious to the site’s existence. That would be stupid.

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[Audio Junkies 10+ year member]

BBC is reporting it as well.

The authorities are trying to make OiNK sound like a pay site when it wasn't. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

and people kept telling me Oink was safe. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[uncfanforlife07 10+ year member]

I never even got an invite to this underground illegal community //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

And the past few days I wasn't downloading because of my ratio //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[Audio Junkies 10+ year member]

and people kept telling me Oink was safe. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

That brings up an interesting point. Why didn't the authorities leave the site up and track the users? They could have gotten many more busts this way and then the RIAA could sue everyone for $200k each, and win.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

What makes you think they don't already have that info? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

That brings up an interesting point. Why didn't the authorities leave the site up and track the users? They could have gotten many more busts this way and then the RIAA could sue everyone for $200k each, and win.

Um,

Why are you complaining? Sounds like you wanted to be busted.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

They can sue me. I don't have anything.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

i was wondering why it was down this morning...

interesting, i was also always told oink was safe...

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

They can sue me. I don't have anything.

For some reason, the prefer to target the extremely poor.

I am not sure why.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

For some reason, the prefer to target the extremely poor.I am not sure why.

It's easier to drive a wedge between the lower and upper class that way.

Oh well I used my parents computer to download the music. Let them sue my parents and those bastards will get what they deserve.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

I wish I would've started charging for invites now.

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

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[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

That's crazy. Just last night I had a bad feeling about that so I got on my account and shut down every shared file and deleted it. Not sure if that makes a difference or not though...