OiNK.cd Servers Raided, Admin Arrested
Written by Ernesto on October 23, 2007The servers of OiNK.cd - one of the most popular private BitTorrent trackers - are raided and the admin, a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, is arrested.
The British and the Dutch police both contributed to the investigation that was initiated by the IFPI and the BPI, two well known anti-piracy organizations. The operation was supported by Interpol who coordinated the international cooperation.
According to early reports OiNk’s servers were confiscated in Amsterdam last week. This seems to be unlikely because the site was still fully functional 24 hours ago. The administrator of OiNK was arrested this morning by the Cleveland Police. The BBC reports that his employer and the home of his father were raided as well.
Jeremy Banks, Head of the IFPI’s Internet Anti-Piracy Unit, said in a reponse to the news: “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.”
OiNK hosted hundreds and thousands of torrents with over a million peers which makes it more popular than most public trackers. The site was known to be one of the first places where leaked music albums appeared, so anti-piracy outfits such as MediaDefender were keeping a close eye on it.
In July the tracker already changed its name from OiNK.me.uk to OiNK.cd due to “legal” issues with their domain registrar. Unfortunately it now seems that the popular private BitTorrent tracker is in bigger trouble.
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MUSIC IS A RIGHT
NOT A PRIVILEGE
$20 says oink didn’t keep donation logs. Once someone had their donor icon and the transaction complete there is no point in keeping it.
I believe they are full of shit because they say.. “They expect donations to be in the hundreds of thousands”.. beyond that, they also say that it’s a pay site, if they had the records they would know that less than 10% donate.
Sad, RIP Oink.. life will never be the same.
Copyright protects the wealthy and encourages the production and consumption of useless crap. I would be happy to see the collapse of the ‘entertainment’ industry.
Why did they choose to go after a site like OiNK versus attacking the “Scene” that produces all of our precious pre-releases? I mean, that’d suck, but it just makes more sense.
Oink got me to discover many new artist and in the end buying there albums. this is just bullshit
Stupid F-ers, just invited a friend too! >:-/
OiNK will be mourned by thousands. It was a great site with an incredible and constantly growing selection of music, software, and e/audio books. Most everything was available lossless. In all my time as a user I never downloaded a torrent at any less than the maximum speed allotted me by my ISP.
Heart goes out to the admins and staff for building the best torrent site on the web. Has anyone started a fund for the defense of the admin who was arrested?
NO! Not my oink… And Leopard comes out in just three days…. :(
I still can’t believe it’s gone. Just last night I was getting Brand New’s “Fork and Knife” and this morning when I woke up, the original message was up referring people to Google News.
I don’t see how so many people are getting their stories wrong saying that we all paid for our OiNK accounts when the only money given was DONATED. The creator in no way demanded money. There was just a small link on the front page asking for donations.
shit just when i lost my hard drive..
this is such an upset i have been a member of oink for a little over a few months now and this is still slowly sinking in. Oink was one the greatest sites out there to just show you the path musically and let you get ahold of whatever you wanted
i hope this turns out the best for allen, and the people complaining and saying Oink deserved it is just bullshit you woudlnt be saying that if you had a chance to experience the site for its true purpose
http://www.pornandmore.net has a special area that is very similar to OiNK. Worth checking out.
You need to register and wait 72 hours to be accepted but worth the wait.
[quote comment="193140"][quote comment="193000"]That’s what you get for making it a private tracker and not giving out invites. I asked for invites several time and you refused. Serve you right. Maybe you should know better next time.[/quote]
I agree, good riddance![/quote]
Cry baby……cry! It’s because of little crybabies like you that my beloved OiNk is no more. I was a member of OiNk back when you didn’t need an invite, almost three years ago. It took me fucking forever to build the outstanding ratio that I had. 240GB down/362GB up. Now if that’s not love for community, than I’d love for anyone to tell me what is. No, what made OiNk so special was that we were all family on there. Nothing but the highest quality music was offered, because the Mods were apt about making sure the rules were followed! God Damn it, I am sooooooo fucking pissed/saddened!
R.I.P. Oink, you were loved.
[quote comment="193531"]OINK was not true P2P. True P2P is people sharing together without fear, from the heart.
The site was patroled by Natiz who enforced unrealistic 1 to 1 ratios at the point of a banning gun. In fact, it was so uptight you could get banned for the slightest of things. I download everything I want off of Demonoid. Even in Demonoid if you make an off colored comment you will get a warning ban. People should be able to say what they want the way e can here. Half of these comments made here would’ve gotten people banned from these gated inbred societys. If OINK is dead its about time the pig went to the slaughter house. Mooooo! Because OINK just doesn’t sound right….[/quote]
Unfortunately, the majority of the people using the internet have no interest in true P2P or sharing from the heart. They want to take everything they can get their hands on, and not give back. This is why sites like OiNK are forced to employ the sharing ratios and the banhammer so that there’s still content to download.
porn and more
what the fuck is that
I would assume it’s a site containing…porn, and more.
Har har, i have never been on this site. Yet, im worried for the owner of demonoid D:
[quote comment="193367"]it wasn’t just an elitist tracker that listed popular stuff, that’s why I’m sad.
Through that site, which was public when I went there, I heard ella fitzgerald, mingus, davis, coltrane, monk, rollins, bach, borodine, handel, moondog, old 50s and 60s stuff, j pop and tom waits for the first time.
Oink was where I learnt about music. Before I browsed there I’d never heard of anything I didn;t grow up with or heard on soundtracks or from my parents.
No where else I know has that range and so many good seeders. Oink, if you joined early enough or had an invite, wasn’t just a tracker, but a whole music lesson and I owe a lot to them for giving me access to stuff I would have never heard of, let alone bought, otherwise in my little bubble called home.[/quote]
Me too, brother……me too.
I learned sooo much about music thanks to OiNk….for that I will forever be indebted to it. God, I just can’t believe it’s over :(
Something needs to be done. I still say the music industry wastes more money then they are loosing. It is stupid, I personally do not download music cause im not a big fan or music. but anyone i know that does wouldnt spend the money on new cd’s when there is only one song with a shit on the cd anyway.
Oink truly was the best modern day place to get all the latest stuff and all the rarest stuff, the only thing that has made me as sad is this is the closing of #rns :( ( also from a cop raid )
[CNN]
“New York, NY - United States authorities have issued a stern warning to American users of Oink, the popular file sharing portal shut down by Dutch and British police this week: You are not off the hook.
In a historic partnership with the RIAA, Federal authorities are now suggesting that they will seek to prosecute Oink users who have downloaded or shared in excess of 50 albums.
“We will follow up. If we don’t, this will never stop. This BitTorrent stuff has to be stopped now. Oink users knew what they were doing was wrong. They even had a system in place to extend invitations to potential users, thus making the problem worse,” commented RIAA President Hilary Rosen on Tuesday.
Details regarding the investigation of American users will reportedly surface in early November.”
@391
Bullshit. Hillary Rosen doesn’t even work for RIAA anymore, resigned in 2003.
You people are pathetic. Stop pretending you’re sticking it to “the man”. You’re STEALING FROM MUSICIANS. PERIOD. It’s very rare for a band to make money touring. Touring is an expensive and a difficult way to live.
Musicians make money from the sale of their recordings. That is down BECAUSE YOU’RE STEALING. Stop trying rationalize taking money out of the pockets of artists. If want to hear new music, go to the tons of sites or blogs that have new music, Myspace, etc.
393, musicians dont make SHIT from albums, unless they release the album themselves or in smaller labels. they record companies suing are the large ones who have the most to lose. musicians get most of their money FROM touring, playing at festivals and shit.
who are you, Musician?
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