OiNK Down, Norwegian BitTorrent Trackers Next
Written by enigmax on October 24, 2007With the BitTorrent world spinning on its heels after the shock takedown of the huge OiNK tracker, there are now indications that the shutdowns may continue. According to the lawyer who lost against ‘DVD Jon’, next stop is Norway and raids are imminent.
Yesterday, the OiNK BitTorrent tracker was raided and shutdown, not by the MPAA but by real life, bona fide police, working hand in hand with industry association, the IFPI. The war against BitTorrent - usually played out on the civil law arena - has suddenly found itself in the criminal domain. The rules have changed.
With the whole BitTorrent community asking themselves what comes next, a clear indicator has come from a lawyer who works for the industry prosecuting file-sharers:
Norway is next and raids are imminent.
Espen Tøndel is a Norwegian lawyer well known for his legal defeat against ‘DVD Jon‘. He is currently working with the Norwegian branch of the IFPI and MPAA.
Tøndel says the Norwegian police are prepared and ready to carry out raids against Norwegian sites. Everything is in place.
When asked to identify the sites, Tøndel refused to elaborate other than to say that the investigation has been underway for some time and that enough names and evidence has already been gathered to make prosecutions in several cases.
When questioned about the possible fate of Norwegian members of OiNK specifically, nothing further was added other than to stress the close co-operation between British, Dutch and Norwegian police.
Tøndel also speculates on who might be prosecuted if the OiNK database is available to police. His thoughts range from suggesting people who upload and downloaded a lot might be in trouble, right through to ‘random individuals’. Or maybe there is another possibility?
Maybe the police don’t have usable lists.
According to the article, a source has stated that the OiNK membership list was not only encrypted, but also equipped with a ’self-destruct’ type mechanism which relied on a regular signal to continue in ‘OFF’ mode.
Although unconfirmed, this situation would be of some comfort to OiNK’s 180,000 members.
Previously: Why Are The IFPI and BPI Allowed To Hijack OiNK?
Next: P2PKids: Because We Care About Sharing
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OMFG !!! HOW MANY TIMES DO HAVE TO SAY THAT IT WAS NOT THE POLICE BUT THE FIOD-ECD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The dutch tax inspection agency.
FUCK your hand in hand bullshit.
On who’s side are you !?
I guess Norbits is next…
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The dutch tax inspection agency.
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The are the fiscal police :)
a ’self-destruct mechanism’ ?
more likely that they just stored the user database in volatile memory. Cops pull the power cord out and *POOF* user datase ’self-destruction’
With regards to your last point about the user list.. although it might not be true (though it is completely plausible), it does bring a smile to my face, knowing that the big guys might well have thought of everything.
..they are police..
How often do they think before they act in these matters??
They pull the power chords, and wooof.. RAM empties..
[quote]The war against BitTorrent …[/quote]
You mean the capitalist war against freedom?
Good. You’re all fucking criminals. Just because you hide behind a computer screen doesn’t mean you’re not a thief. Instant karma.
Yes FISCAL, but this is not about a fiscal matter, it is about piracy !
man i hope that shit’s encrypted. that would make me a happy guy :)
-having upped more than 250 gb
Dumb f&cks. OiNK down, some one will ope KNiO or something =D
Nay.
Us downloading music hurts no one except perhaps the ridiculously large bands.
For small bands piracy helps. It’s been proven again and again.
Music Piracy hurts the big fat rich music corporations (and even still, not much) and helps the little guy.
If you are a true “Music Lover” you should know this if you aren’t a bitch of the cotporation.
[quote]Good. You’re all fucking criminals. Just because you hide behind a computer screen doesn’t mean you’re not a thief. Instant karma.[/quote]
I’ve copied a digital file. How does your petty capitalist logic turn that into theft?
<3 OiNK.
That self-destruct idea kicks ass. I hope it’s true.
I feel weird though.
There are a million trackers and websites and FTPs and P2P programs where you can get new, mainstream content like Top 40 leaks. So these were nothing special to do with OiNK.
What made OiNK special was the obscure, underground, old, and out-of-print stuff.
And nobody is suing or raiding over that.
Are we worrying about the wrong problem?
No, we are not worrying enough.
There is only one thing we all can do, and that is join the local pirate party, and vote for them !
[quote comment="194728"]OMFG !!! HOW MANY TIMES DO HAVE TO SAY THAT IT WAS NOT THE POLICE BUT THE FIOD-ECD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The dutch tax inspection agency.
FUCK your hand in hand bullshit.
On who’s side are you !?[/quote]
Sorry, for my not so polite choice of words. Please excuse me. I was a little emotional, and over worked.
Yeah, you like pretending you’re an anarchist while you sit in your parents house.
Stop lying to yourself. You’re stealing from musicians. Scumbags.
that dude looks a like Eichamn!
so whats the story with the likes of Pirate Bay and mininova.. surely these guys must be attracting huge attention?
if Oink emailed torrentfreak to say he was out of jail, why not email oink to see whether or not the police has the database or whether it was deleted when they pulled the plug on the servers
“Stop lying to yourself. You’re stealing from musicians. Scumbags”
You’re a moron. Do some research.
[quote comment="194765"]Yeah, you like pretending you’re an anarchist while you sit in your parents house.
Stop lying to yourself. You’re stealing from musicians. Scumbags.[/quote]
Hahaha. Keep telling yourself that, buddy. Keep pretending that you’re somebody’s hero and that you’re saving musicians.
I’m pissed OiNK is down. The ridiculously public trackers should be taken down, not a private one like OiNK. Is there any chance it will ever return?
[quote comment="194765"]Yeah, you like pretending you’re an anarchist while you sit in your parents house.
Stop lying to yourself. You’re stealing from musicians. Scumbags.[/quote]
die please? kthxbye
[quote comment="194765"]Yeah, you like pretending you’re an anarchist while you sit in your parents house.
Stop lying to yourself. You’re stealing from musicians. Scumbags.[/quote]
uh, who unbanned media-defender ? :\
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