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="193025"][quote comment="193021"][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]
Sounds like sour grapes to me. The community was set up to engender respect and good will amongst its users. You display neither.[/quote]
You are an idiot to think you are doing good for supporting piracy.[/quote]
Noboday contests the arguments for/against music sharing/music piracy. Unfortunately some users don’t buy music at all. Personally, I and many other people I know that use the service download and buy the music which captures your imagination the most. That way, the people that deserve your money, get your money. Not the bands that have a load of money to throw at advertising and shoving the music down your throat.
Sucks. At least there’s still indietorrents? Ehh, it’s not the same.
Well to number 39….Demonoid is still here….that speaks volumes…I hate to see any tracker go….but thats the chance they take nowdays.
I was always brought up being taught that sharing was good. Thank you OiNK for staying true to those values and the values of many, many good people…you will be missed sorely.
most private trackers ask for a donation to help in the upkeep of the site, to suggest that the site was run as a purely money making exercise is a pretty lame.
if it was for that, it would have a completely open pay for membership.
Wonder how far back Oink kept the donation logs…
Anyone wanna bet how long it will take for a replacement to be up?
Heh… they really do not get the Hydra-like nature of the P2P community, do they? It’d be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
r.i.p oink. a mighty fucking website, it was great and amazing while it lasted.
i hate to be that guy to ask but , WHY THE FUCK DIDN’T THEY THINK OF THIS AND HOST THE CONTENT IN SWEDEN ?!
Im a torrentleech pu…i know their servers are in the Netherlands..when are they gunna be hit>>>> fuking sick.
I made a donation recently - afaik it was via paypal, wasnt it?!
not the oink!?
radiohead.. trent.. help us!
Damn! This is such a shame.
I don’t think there was any tracker that could compete in terms of volume of house music. Anybody have any other recommendations?
#46: The IRC was in the same server, it’s down too.
I never used oink. I didn’t know a single person who used it, which basically meant I was bared from ever using it.
Goes to show that being private didn’t do shit for them, considering the TPB and Demonoid are still up.
he would get my simpathy if it wasn’t some elitist private tracker.
love you piglet! hope all goes well and things aren’t too shitful at the moment.
Seriously though, how is a tracker like that supposed to stay under the lid if sites like this one post reports on it like it’s everyone else’s business?
I’m talking about this:
http://torrentfreak.com/oink-is-alive-learn-how-to-access/
.. which is just very very stupid.
he lives about 20 minutes away from me, poor bloke - i hope he’s ok.
What’s the likelihood of OiNK returning to the web? Is this the definite end?
I heard that The Pirate Bay have been raided several times but they always seem to return….How come they are able to shut down one site and not the others that are still here (Demonoid etc etc)?!
It will be a real shame if OiNK never returns. It was exclusive.
guess im off home to remove my drives then….hope a replacement site pops up soon!
Nothing wrong with elitism. Keeps the trash out.
Oh A sad day…..
Bye bye OINK
May the Pig phoenix rise.
The cops were really pissed about UK Garage being renamed.
Today is a very very sad day. My thoughts are with you admins.
Anyone know of a temporary irc channel or something?
can someone give me an invite to OiNk please?
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