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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[quote comment="193421"]could someone send me a libble invitation? 36?[/quote]
could i get an invite too to libble?
musicians should be doing shows to earn their money. It s the fucking record label whos losing and us the users. This stuff gets unheard of artist known, then we see thier shows or buy their album or t-shirt then tell other people about them, it all works out in the end, ya. I thind these punks should go fuck thier daddys and after that ill take a shit in thier fucking mouth, white power, god damn, fuck you bitches i wish cancer on your familys………….
i loved you, and in turn you loved me back… where do i go now with no love?
Very sad. Every day I discover more of what I love, and now cannot get. I downloaded 2 nightmares on wax albums “Carboot Soul” and “Mind Elevation” and loved them so much, I went to my local record store, and ordered EVERY single cd they had in print. I bought ‘Merl Saunders & Friends - Keepers’ but due to sillyness, scratched it. should I really have to buy another to replace it??? What about out of print stuff, that youd never be able to find, and listen to. Fucking narcs have to take away something that helps musicians, and music lovers, FUCK THE MUSIC INDUSTRY and FUCK NARC ASS BITCHES!!! YARR IM SO MAD!!! I love music!!!!
DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIVES AND BUY YOUR MUSIC…….ARTISTS HAVE MORGAGES AND FAMILIES TO FEED TOO !!!
OH GOD NO DON’T TAKE THE INTERNET AWAY FROM ME
Could someone send me a libble invitation?
Ridiculous if you ask me. It would be nice if those people would get a life and start fighting real cyber crime rather than this crap. Interesting to think how many child molesting predators these people could have arrested instead of arresting one man for what, sharing files?? Please, get a life.
[quote comment="202686"]DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIVES AND BUY YOUR MUSIC…….ARTISTS HAVE MORGAGES AND FAMILIES TO FEED TOO !!![/quote]
YOU CAN SUCK ON MY LEFT NUT U FUCK…
Maybe you should learn how things work before u start talking shit…
[quote comment="202686"]DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIVES AND BUY YOUR MUSIC…….ARTISTS HAVE MORGAGES AND FAMILIES TO FEED TOO !!![/quote]
—Stupid people should not be talking… They should first learn to talk… F***ing idiot bitch !
Hey go buy your shit yourself, I really know you steal in supermarkets… even music cd’s ?!
CaPsLoCk seem to have been left on you retard !!!!!!!
oink.cd buy a latvian bittorent tracker. http://www.danger.lv
but question is why?
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