Comments on: OiNK Uploaders Sentenced to Community Service

By: dddd

dddd — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:14:14 +0000

Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans on Wednesday defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting to June 12 — leaving the current Feb. 17 deadline intact for now.

By: Free Culture News » OiNK uploaders get community service

Free Culture News » OiNK uploaders get community service — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:49:01 +0000

[...] TorrentFreak [...]

By: Arrested OiNK Uploaders Get Community Service, No Jail Time [Piracy] | The gadgets

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:58:58 +0000

[...] Site administrator Alan Ellis, however, has yet to be sentenced. His case will appear before the court in March, but hopefully these lenient penalties will continue with him. [TorrentFreak] [...]

By: Arrested OiNK Uploaders Get Community Service, No Jail Time [Piracy]

Arrested OiNK Uploaders Get Community Service, No Jail Time [Piracy] — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:24:07 +0000

By: Uploaders de OiNK fueron sentenciados a trabajo comunitario

Uploaders de OiNK fueron sentenciados a trabajo comunitario — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:14:31 +0000

[...] vez a través de TorrentFreak, la biblia de las noticias relacionadas a esta red P2P, informa que cuatro de los uploaders, [...]

By: Ink and Virtue » Blog Archive » Arrested OiNK Uploaders Get Community Service, No Jail Time [Piracy]

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:45:24 +0000

By: British OiNK Users Sentenced to Community Service - Subculture

British OiNK Users Sentenced to Community Service - Subculture — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:15:52 +0000

[...] according to TorrentFreak (via Idolator), the British court has just handed these miscreants their sentences, and the results [...]

By: British OiNK Users Sentenced to Community Service « The Shit Show: because life is too short to listen to shitty music

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:05:43 +0000

[...] according to TorrentFreak (via Idolator), the British court has just handed these miscreants their sentences, and the results [...]

By: British OiNK Users Sentenced to Community Service - Indie Music News - musicscene network

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:38:19 +0000

[...] music to OiNK before it had actually been released, and that totally makes them criminals. Well, according to TorrentFreak (via Idolator), the British court has just handed these miscreants their sentences, and the results [...]

By: A Person

A Person — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:32:38 +0000

You were sentenced, but they dropped charges? Talk sense child.

By: OiNK ao serviço da comunidade | Remixtures

OiNK ao serviço da comunidade | Remixtures — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:51:44 +0000

[...] as sentenças não são muito pesadas a verdade é que também poderiam ser mais leves. Segundo o TorrentFreak, três dos quatro indivíduos foram obrigados a pagar as custas judiciais do processo e a prestar [...]

By: Gli uploaders di OiNK al servizio della comunità | Bittorrents.it

Gli uploaders di OiNK al servizio della comunità | Bittorrents.it — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:02:16 +0000

[...] Fonte: TorrentFreak [...]

By: Sun5

Sun5 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:36:14 +0000

I completly agree,most dont seem to Really read what is in before their eyes!!!!

By: D H

D H — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:01:24 +0000

Revolt. Stop talking about it and just do it. These tools have no real control over us EXCEPT when we give in accept “punishments” like these. Its not their fault this happened, its our fault for letting it happen.

By: mrX

mrX — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:46:28 +0000

I was one of the guys sentenced before (i was third best uploader on the site), but luckily they undertstood using encrypted vpn with many tunnels it's pointless to mess with it, and quit charges.

By: nerdd.net | news and opinion

nerdd.net | news and opinion — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:29:10 +0000

OiNK Uploaders Sentenced to Community Service | nerdd.net…

\r\nAfter months of delay, four users of the popular BitTorrent tracker OiNK have been sentenced to…

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:41:51 +0000

To avoid this – and you'll be amazed at how much nicer the interwebs is if you do this – you need to get some kind of adfiltering.

If you're not technically minded and/or want something that just works with out having to adjust anything I'd recommend using Firefox with the AdBlock Plus plugin – both freely available.

By: bugflux.org » Blog Archive » menos 3 pontos para o warez…

bugflux.org » Blog Archive » menos 3 pontos para o warez… — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:24:31 +0000

[...] para a mpaa. no mesmo dia em que leio sobre uploaders e administradores de trackers de bittorrent condenados a trabalho comunitário e audiências em tribunal, descubro que a publicação de todo o material [...]

By: OiNK Uploaders Sentenced to Community Service | Universe's Tech Blog

OiNK Uploaders Sentenced to Community Service | Universe's Tech Blog — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:30:32 +0000

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By: OiNK Uploaders finally sentenced! - Torrent Invites! Get your free private torrent tracker invites !

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:30:05 +0000

[...] and doing a couple hundred hours of community service is a pain, but it’s not prison! Read more here __________________ Don’t forget to rep and iTrader people who deserve it. Get a bicycle. You [...]

By: Mystia

Mystia — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:35:31 +0000

Whoever is in the prosecution, they need to go down. We ought not forget this, nor ought we forgive them for this. We need REVENGE for this! Now!

By: HASO

HASO — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:17:39 +0000

get over it MTV and music artists. you have to let go of the past. making a crappy track and selling your cd for 50$ doesnt work anymore in the world we live in. you can no longer laugh your way to the millions of dollars you made when people were more primitive on the tubes. We have the people on our side, and that means a shitload of software engineers/ computer scientists.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:57:21 +0000

The box isn't $50, there are coupons for getting $40 off the box so you are only paying $10. Also the transition has been pushed back to June, just approved, to clear up any unused coupons and give the government more time to come up with funding to allow people to get these boxes at discounted prices.

By: John Maosn

John Maosn — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:19:10 +0000

Wow, seems appropriate to me.

RT
http://www.privacy-tools.net.tc

By: serj

serj — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:19:08 +0000

how old are they that got such punishment?

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:01:02 +0000

Your trying to tell us that watching TV on a set-top box, worth $50 (one off cost), is more expensive than paying the internet bill (ongoing monthly bill) and downloading? Right… crap.

And you don't *have* to have the internet BTW. People can go to Internet cafe's, libraries and friend's houses to use it to look for work or what have you.

By: Small Print

Small Print — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:57:00 +0000

"Four of the uploaders plead GUILTY at Teesside Crown Court last December, where they were all charged with copyright infringement offenses."

No legal precedent being set here since they plead Guilty, only a guideline as to likely sentence for future cases of a similar nature…

By: Ghost

Ghost — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:51:26 +0000

Im sure everyone here agrees that people who pirate to sell should be in jail, not the ones that pirate for personal use. That kind goes without saying, yet the legal system picks on us…it is a waste -.-

By: Ghost

Ghost — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:48:04 +0000

Seeing as my friends parents just got their truck repo'd yesterday (And they arnt just bad people, they lost their jobs) Id say yeah, alot of peopel cant afford them. I never claimed they were downloading, I was agreeing that restrictions were getting crazy, but whatever, I dont expect you to actually read my reply before you say im wrong. However, seeing as its cheaper here to pay for internet and watch them on a computer/TV (S-Cable duh) then it is to buy a new TV, or to buy the box, id say alot more people will be downloading. Think about it, you *have* to have internet today anyway, if the box is $50 why bother to buy it if you can do things how you are now (Through downloading and streaming) for $50 less? Lets see you about to lose your truck/car, and have you decide shall we?

Personally, if I had to decide between a TV box, or food for my kids…well theyd be eating and watching the news online, even if from a cheap laptop and my neighbors wireless >_>

How about we consider those of us who downlaod because we really cant afford things? There are people out there that dont just share because its free, they do it because that the only way theyd be getting it anyway.

By: Gunnar

Gunnar — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:44:49 +0000

Community service? I thought that's what they were doing all along!

By: asd

asd — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:36:27 +0000

In the UK it's not even legal to copy a CD you bought on your mp3 player so i doubt you're allowed to make unreleased stuff that you don't own available to the public via BT … The fact that they bought it could have a positive influence on the outcome of the trial ( like showing remorse, not having any previous convictions etc) but it doesn't make it legal afterwards.

By: King

King — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:28:23 +0000

Retard alert!!!! Appeal 180 hours of CS

By: jolly

jolly — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:14:01 +0000

waste of the legal system indeed.
if on one day everyone pleaded guilty to filesharing and cannabis smoking we could really fuck the courts up.
shows how ineffective and pointless it is persecuting PEOPLE for the sake of corporate gain.
pfft, in hindsight, i guess thats the name of the game :(
we need judges with intellect, not OBEDIENCE.
rant over

By: Auny Addy

Auny Addy — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:29:10 +0000

Yeh those Ad pages suck i find it happens to me on pirat ebay aswell, just use the arrow near back button and skip past ad page

By: Core-TX

Core-TX — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:14:28 +0000

" Community servants Sentenced to Community Service "

The Irony…

By: rhf

rhf — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:56:18 +0000

I use BestCrypt.

By: Cujothemadog

Cujothemadog — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:13:14 +0000

what a waste of the legal system. they should go find some real criminals.

By: Reasoned Mind

Reasoned Mind — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:12:47 +0000

This is a reasonable first step. It is premature to reach directly for jailtime when education towards the respect of material and digital property is the more desirable goal of a well ordered society. But the conviction and sentencing is encouraging. The precedent for "guilty and punished" is being set all over the world. Now what remains is to upgrade outdated laws to meet this new digital age and remake this kind of infringement from civil to a criminal matter, with life-changing punishment for those who willfully continue.

The world is faced with a choice; either digital will be useless for product in the marketplace, or it will be protected through forward-looking legislation so that hard work in digital careers retains its former value. To destroy the business promise of the digital age will obviously one day be regarded as a criminal matter. It's not hard to see the choice is gently being made, and the movement is clearly in the right direction..

By: Vlad

Vlad — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:36:48 +0000

There's an annoying ad on torrentfreak that prevents me from using the back button on my browser. The URL starts with http://ads.dotomi.com/publisher/,and inserted itself in the browser history between this page and the torrentfreak home page. Each time I press back, it goes back to the ad URL, and then back here instead of the home page. Very annoying.

By: Dampfmaschine » Blog Archive » Links des Tages #21

Dampfmaschine » Blog Archive » Links des Tages #21 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:14:40 +0000

[...] unterstützt Bushs Abhörprogramme Der elektronische Einkommensnachweis wurde beschlossen Mehrere Uploader des Bittorrent-Trackers OiNK wurden zu Geldstrafen oder Sozialstunden verurteilt Es gibt neue Details zur Totalüberwachung durch die [...]

By: nob

nob — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:01:05 +0000

don't try and tell me that people can't afford a little digital set-top box but they can afford a broadband internet connection and the electricity to power it for houes by which to download tv shows.

By: OiNK Uploaders Sentenced to Community Service | CyberLaw Blog

OiNK Uploaders Sentenced to Community Service | CyberLaw Blog — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:35:26 +0000

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By: dwone

dwone — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:16:18 +0000

Can they appeal to the european courts? If so, they should. I'd be willing to bet that the eu courts would throw out claims so ludicrious.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:12:24 +0000

"We were further told that, if the defendants had not had such good references and strong legal representation, the Judge would have seriously considered a custodial sentence."

It seems that this is pure speculation.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:10:38 +0000

A better method is to use drive encryption. If you use TrueCrypt with the "inner partition" option you even have plausible deniability.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:07:15 +0000

Actually the sentences could have been a lot higher

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:06:03 +0000

As far as I'm aware "Fair Use" clauses still apply in many jurisdictions however, some hypocritically one could say, tools to circumvent DRM protections are technically illegal to obtain and use in some jurisdictions. Once again, I could be wrong on this.

By: rtf

rtf — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:03:44 +0000

community service = guilty with a 'small' penalty. dont forget, they are now criminals…i doubt thats good in any way.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:58:26 +0000

Get off the drugs you twit.

What happens after a challenge like that – after it's argued about for two minutes and then laughed out of court, you don't pay and then subsequent hearings occur and your found guilty of contempt – is that a warrant is issued for your arrest and your taken to jail and/or a court appointed bailiff visits your home and/or business and forcibly removes goods to the value of what your ordered to pay. The values are calculated from what these goods are sold for at auction which is usually a hell of a lot lower than their second-hand value through other means of sale such as eBay.

But go ahead, do that.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:52:52 +0000

Cant afford a box – am I missing something? I'm speaking from Australia – here set-top boxes can be had for a pittance. I've seen them for as low as $20AU. I got one of mine for $50AU – branded LG with Sigma decoder.

How much are they in the US?