Comments on: OiNK Investigation Seeks Identities and Activities of Users http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/ Torrent News, Torrent Sites and the latest Scoops Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:07:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: IFPI Hijacks Pirate Bay Traffic | TorrentFreak http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-485689 IFPI Hijacks Pirate Bay Traffic | TorrentFreak Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:20:02 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-485689 [...] the same thing with the OiNK domain. That instance was even worse, as they used the opportunity to threaten members of the BitTorrent tracker, in advance of any [...] [...] the same thing with the OiNK domain. That instance was even worse, as they used the opportunity to threaten members of the BitTorrent tracker, in advance of any [...]

]]> By: some-facts-and-some-rumors-about-the-oink-takedown http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-460134 some-facts-and-some-rumors-about-the-oink-takedown Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:00:35 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-460134 [...] Some people try to make you think you are in danger as ex-member of the site. I am very sure you are in no harm whatsoever. Those “WE WILL INVESTIGATE ON ALL USERS” banners are left all the time when a server has been seized for filesharing stuff and so far this has never happened. So, calm down and don’t let anyone make you feel worse. [...] [...] Some people try to make you think you are in danger as ex-member of the site. I am very sure you are in no harm whatsoever. Those “WE WILL INVESTIGATE ON ALL USERS” banners are left all the time when a server has been seized for filesharing stuff and so far this has never happened. So, calm down and don’t let anyone make you feel worse. [...]

]]> By: Zwartbaard » Blog Archive » OiNK Investigation: Police Start Making Arrests http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-455174 Zwartbaard » Blog Archive » OiNK Investigation: Police Start Making Arrests Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:26:35 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-455174 [...] appeared on the site's homepage. This time - and unusually for the UK - it would be the police investigating a file-sharing case, not some anti-piracy group flexing their muscles in civil action. But even [...] [...] appeared on the site’s homepage. This time – and unusually for the UK – it would be the police investigating a file-sharing case, not some anti-piracy group flexing their muscles in civil action. But even [...]

]]> By: OiNK Investigation: Police Start Making Arrests • Blog Archive • myuzings http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-402474 OiNK Investigation: Police Start Making Arrests • Blog Archive • myuzings Sat, 31 May 2008 06:53:14 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-402474 [...] appeared on the site's homepage. This time - and unusually for the UK - it would be the police investigating a file-sharing case, not some anti-piracy group flexing their muscles in civil action. But even [...] [...] appeared on the site’s homepage. This time – and unusually for the UK – it would be the police investigating a file-sharing case, not some anti-piracy group flexing their muscles in civil action. But even [...]

]]> By: OiNK Investigation: Police Start Making Arrests | TorrentFreak http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-401576 OiNK Investigation: Police Start Making Arrests | TorrentFreak Fri, 30 May 2008 11:04:13 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-401576 [...] on the site’s homepage. This time - and unusually for the UK - it would be the police investigating a file-sharing case, not some anti-piracy group flexing their muscles in civil action. But even [...] [...] on the site’s homepage. This time – and unusually for the UK – it would be the police investigating a file-sharing case, not some anti-piracy group flexing their muscles in civil action. But even [...]

]]> By: Police Extend OiNK's Bail Date Once Again | TorrentFreak http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-368005 Police Extend OiNK's Bail Date Once Again | TorrentFreak Fri, 02 May 2008 09:05:02 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-368005 [...] and BPI did not only misinform the police, they also hijacked the OiNK.cd domain and displayed an ominous message indicating an investigation into the site's users had begun. These propagandistic threats were [...] [...] and BPI did not only misinform the police, they also hijacked the OiNK.cd domain and displayed an ominous message indicating an investigation into the site’s users had begun. These propagandistic threats were [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-282287 Anonymous Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:02:15 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-282287 [quote comment="193566"]OINK was an evil pig that deserved to go to the slaughterhouse. They got fat off of donations and whatever else they could root out. OINK was not true P2P. TRue P2P is people sharing, saying what they want without fear, not worrying about BS ratios. There will always bee leechers. The Admins made life HELL. One could get banned for nothing. They had silly rules. For instance, unless you had an avatar of a cutsy utsy stuffed anilmal you were banned! I swear! I hope they ROT in jail and misery for making people live in fear on their site. Be carefull LEROY when you bend over to pickup that bar of soap....hahahah![/quote] [quote comment="193373"]Isn't there a serial killer somewhere that needs to be caught?[/quote] [quote comment="193566"]OINK was an evil pig that deserved to go to the slaughterhouse. They got fat off of donations and whatever else they could root out. OINK was not true P2P. TRue P2P is people sharing, saying what they want without fear, not worrying about BS ratios. There will always bee leechers. The Admins made life HELL. One could get banned for nothing. They had silly rules. For instance, unless you had an avatar of a cutsy utsy stuffed anilmal you were banned! I swear! I hope they ROT in jail and misery for making people live in fear on their site. Be carefull LEROY when you bend over to pickup that bar of soap….hahahah![/quote]
[quote comment="193373"]Isn’t there a serial killer somewhere that needs to be caught?[/quote]

]]> By: Police Extend OiNK’s Bail Date and Returns Servers, Wiped! | TorrentFreak http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-232951 Police Extend OiNK’s Bail Date and Returns Servers, Wiped! | TorrentFreak Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:28:15 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-232951 [...] and BPI did not only misinform the police, they also hijacked the OiNK.cd domain and displayed an ominous message indicating an investigation into the site's users had begun. These propagandistic threats were [...] [...] and BPI did not only misinform the police, they also hijacked the OiNK.cd domain and displayed an ominous message indicating an investigation into the site’s users had begun. These propagandistic threats were [...]

]]> By: Georgey Porgie http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-230416 Georgey Porgie Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:55:38 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-230416 Say. Anyone want to sell an invite? Say. Anyone want to sell an invite?

]]> By: Anonymous http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-213398 Anonymous Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:57:22 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-213398 [quote]what a bloody moron. Jeremy. GO fuck yourself and get your facts straight you fucking ignorant prick. You didnt have to pay to get on this site. This site was about a community of people who shared with eachother "Based ON PLEASure"!!! It was not a financial operation you fucking idiot. Thanks to OINK, I was able to branch out so much in my tastes, which actually led me to buying more cds of bands i wanted to support and attending more shows. Protecting the artists? Fuck off man, if you think that record companies don't already screw them in the first place. I will not be buying more cds this way to all the pieces of shit involved in this. You have destroyed something unique and memorable. The age of the record company and the profit driven system you all fucking support so much is coming to an end so why don't you just stick it up your ass.[/quote] that is the best post i've ever read in relation to the oink shutdown, and i could not agree with you more. Well said :-) [quote]what a bloody moron. Jeremy. GO fuck yourself and get your facts straight you fucking ignorant prick.
You didnt have to pay to get on this site. This site was about a community of people who shared with eachother “Based ON PLEASure”!!! It was not a financial operation you fucking idiot. Thanks to OINK, I was able to branch out so much in my tastes, which actually led me to buying more cds of bands i wanted to support and attending more shows. Protecting the artists? Fuck off man, if you think that record companies don’t already screw them in the first place. I will not be buying more cds this way to all the pieces of shit involved in this. You have destroyed something unique and memorable. The age of the record company and the profit driven system you all fucking support so much is coming to an end so why don’t you just stick it up your ass.[/quote]

that is the best post i’ve ever read in relation to the oink shutdown, and i could not agree with you more.

Well said :-)

]]> By: DJ'er http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-212193 DJ'er Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:46:52 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-212193 So the british press are saying that the authorities are going after the users of the site. I would expect that to mean the ones in the UK. Oh Lummocks!!! So the british press are saying that the authorities are going after the users of the site. I would expect that to mean the ones in the UK. Oh Lummocks!!!

]]> By: Remixtures » Blog Archive » Administrador do Oink Libertado; fãs do tracker criam memorial http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-211962 Remixtures » Blog Archive » Administrador do Oink Libertado; fãs do tracker criam memorial Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:49:07 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-211962 [...] refere o TorrentFreak, o mais provável é que os braços armados das majors se concentrem nos utilizadores sediados nos [...] [...] refere o TorrentFreak, o mais provável é que os braços armados das majors se concentrem nos utilizadores sediados nos [...]

]]> By: urbanscrawl http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-204443 urbanscrawl Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:55:03 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-204443 Labels may have too much money - but bands deserve to be able to sell their music, and the price they are able to charge for it should reflect how much the market (that's you) is willing to pay for it - it's too good to be true for a very good reason, buying music is fair. Let's just hope that this all ends up with the labels earning less and the bands earning more, but everyone earning a living doing what they love. Thing is if you remove money from the equation altogether you remove the ability to support yourself and actually be in a band. Labels may have too much money – but bands deserve to be able to sell their music, and the price they are able to charge for it should reflect how much the market (that’s you) is willing to pay for it – it’s too good to be true for a very good reason, buying music is fair.

Let’s just hope that this all ends up with the labels earning less and the bands earning more, but everyone earning a living doing what they love. Thing is if you remove money from the equation altogether you remove the ability to support yourself and actually be in a band.

]]> By: Episode 40: Get ready to hear “You’re Simply the Best” 94 times! : The Scope http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-204130 Episode 40: Get ready to hear “You’re Simply the Best” 94 times! : The Scope Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:47:55 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-204130 [...] Oink.cd goes down, we all go to jail. Trent Reznor on the run TV Writers strike means more Reality TV E. coli fears prompt recall of millions of frozen pizzas [...] [...] Oink.cd goes down, we all go to jail. Trent Reznor on the run TV Writers strike means more Reality TV E. coli fears prompt recall of millions of frozen pizzas [...]

]]> By: t3mp http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-196915 t3mp Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:13:19 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-196915 piracy always existed and nobody can stop that doesn't matter what you do. Just think about that, you are outnumbered :):) piracy always existed and nobody can stop that doesn’t matter what you do. Just think about that, you are outnumbered :):)

]]> By: Me also http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-196907 Me also Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:00:55 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-196907 Lets not be in denial here! of course, locating and sorting out the behaviours of 180k of people is not what is the issue here! they're using Oink users as scape goats (as they always need scape goats) to creat a precedence to people around the globe! Lets say around 7% (according to a source from Wiki) is British (and it is under British investigation), which is about 12,000 people; the police can simply create a precedence over time by analyzing the server (which WILL have the suspect IPs) and randomly pick out accountable users here and there! Maybe it's important for them to pick out a random minority % of Oink users (even if it was a couple of hundred!) Or, maybe you think they believe the message has sunk in with one arrest? I doubt it! I believe (unfortunately as it sounds) they WILL arrest people (Higher end users) to create this precedence! I was a low end user! However, I can face facts; that I could be one of the scape goats!! sorry! Lets not be in denial here! of course, locating and sorting out the behaviours of 180k of people is not what is the issue here!

they’re using Oink users as scape goats (as they always need scape goats) to creat a precedence to people around the globe!

Lets say around 7% (according to a source from Wiki) is British (and it is under British investigation), which is about 12,000 people; the police can simply create a precedence over time by analyzing the server (which WILL have the suspect IPs) and randomly pick out accountable users here and there!

Maybe it’s important for them to pick out a random minority % of Oink users (even if it was a couple of hundred!) Or, maybe you think they believe the message has sunk in with one arrest? I doubt it!

I believe (unfortunately as it sounds) they WILL arrest people (Higher end users) to create this precedence! I was a low end user! However, I can face facts; that I could be one of the scape goats!! sorry!

]]> By: The day the music died » North by Northwestern http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-195843 The day the music died » North by Northwestern Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:35:06 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-195843 [...] down users this time? Based on past evidence, it seems unlikely. OiNK's user base reaches to all parts of the globe and the costs associated with such an investigation are extremely [...] [...] down users this time? Based on past evidence, it seems unlikely. OiNK’s user base reaches to all parts of the globe and the costs associated with such an investigation are extremely [...]

]]> By: P2P4Ever http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-195580 P2P4Ever Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:07:44 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-195580 [quote comment="193566"]OINK was an evil pig that deserved to go to the slaughterhouse. They got fat off of donations and whatever else they could root out. OINK was not true P2P. TRue P2P is people sharing, saying what they want without fear, not worrying about BS ratios. There will always bee leechers. The Admins made life HELL. One could get banned for nothing. They had silly rules. For instance, unless you had an avatar of a cutsy utsy stuffed anilmal you were banned! I swear! I hope they ROT in jail and misery for making people live in fear on their site. Be carefull LEROY when you bend over to pickup that bar of soap....hahahah![/quote] Quit showing your stupidity. I was a memeber for over 2 years and never had an avatar yet never got banned. While at times the moderators made bad decisions, show me one human being that has never made a mistake. I am tired of all the whiners that say how unfair the mods were. I was a member for a long period of time and never had a problem as all I did was to download and then share back to the community. It seems that those that had problems were people who were not able to do such a simple thing. Nobody ever said you had a right to be a member of the site so don't think that you did. I get so tired of crybabies like yourself that can't even get the facts straight. No wonder you were banned. [quote comment="193566"]OINK was an evil pig that deserved to go to the slaughterhouse. They got fat off of donations and whatever else they could root out. OINK was not true P2P. TRue P2P is people sharing, saying what they want without fear, not worrying about BS ratios. There will always bee leechers. The Admins made life HELL. One could get banned for nothing. They had silly rules. For instance, unless you had an avatar of a cutsy utsy stuffed anilmal you were banned! I swear! I hope they ROT in jail and misery for making people live in fear on their site. Be carefull LEROY when you bend over to pickup that bar of soap….hahahah![/quote]

Quit showing your stupidity. I was a memeber for over 2 years and never had an avatar yet never got banned. While at times the moderators made bad decisions, show me one human being that has never made a mistake. I am tired of all the whiners that say how unfair the mods were. I was a member for a long period of time and never had a problem as all I did was to download and then share back to the community. It seems that those that had problems were people who were not able to do such a simple thing. Nobody ever said you had a right to be a member of the site so don’t think that you did. I get so tired of crybabies like yourself that can’t even get the facts straight. No wonder you were banned.

]]> By: Lurker Ahoy.. http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-195235 Lurker Ahoy.. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:39:51 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-195235 Sign of things to come? Looks like the self legislation / new laws are just round the corner... Why has no-one picked up on this?! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7059881.stm Sign of things to come? Looks like the self legislation / new laws are just round the corner…

Why has no-one picked up on this?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7059881.stm

]]> By: ChrisP http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/#comment-195187 ChrisP Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:12:45 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users/#comment-195187 thespacelab.tv is just another of those major label worshipping sites that truly believe the artists get a fair deal from their "owners". quite honestly, if anyone here really believes artists get what they deserve from the labels, they should go read what many of them have to say. small fractions from each CD sale, having to pay the label for unsold CDs, a cut of their merchandise and tour profits demanded now by many labels... and you call the pirates bad? as long as they have the power, the public brainwashing will continue... but for every site they close, another will take its place. thespacelab.tv is just another of those major label worshipping sites that truly believe the artists get a fair deal from their “owners”.

quite honestly, if anyone here really believes artists get what they deserve from the labels, they should go read what many of them have to say. small fractions from each CD sale, having to pay the label for unsold CDs, a cut of their merchandise and tour profits demanded now by many labels… and you call the pirates bad?

as long as they have the power, the public brainwashing will continue… but for every site they close, another will take its place.

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