OiNK users being charged

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Posted in music | technology on September 11, 2008

OiNK users being charged

Oink

Almost one year after authorities shut down the private torrent tracker OiNK, the site's administrators and a few alleged uploaders have been charged, putting an end to the year-long investigation.

Alan Ellis, the administrator, was charged with "conspiracy to defraud" and the uploaders were charged with copyright infringement for the unauthorized upload of one CD. [After Dawn]

"In other semi-related news, a 26 year old man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, three years of supervised release and a $20,000 fine for his work on the site EliteTorrents - looks like it's a bad week for torrent site admins." [TechSpot]

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Posted on September 11, 2008 6:06 PM

Comments (19)

Hmmm, the commenters are surprisingly mum on this...

Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2008 7:05 PM

and yet osama roams free...nice work!

Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2008 7:23 PM

osama

Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2008 7:24 PM

Im guessing he was sentenced to a minimum security prison. I can only imagine what would happen to a hipster in max security prison.

Posted by Bubba | September 11, 2008 8:16 PM

I would never download anything from the internet. That's stealing!

Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2008 8:47 PM

rip oink

Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2008 9:50 PM

If they get btjunkie my life is over, free music's the only thing that keeps me sane...that said I DO pay for concerts, but CDs? No way, sorry, not at today's price points.

Posted by Deb | September 11, 2008 11:30 PM

They can have my mp3's when they pry them from my cold dead hands.

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 1:13 AM

would you steal a cell phone?

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 9:08 AM

great. now i am gonna get ass jammed because i downloaded the new kooks album.
and i still haven't paid off my student loans

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 9:09 AM

I think the whole thing is bullshit. Its not stealing. You are making a copy of a file. Its not like you are taking money out of someones pocket. If I didn't get music for free, I simply wouldn't have it. I wouldn't tell people about the band. I wouldn't spend 15-20 bucks to go see them play live. And I say this as a musician who sells his own CD's at shows and online. I'd rather someone listen to a burned copy than not listen at all!

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 9:24 AM

i'm guessing 9:24 is actually thom york

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 9:46 AM

@9:24: you're an idiot. It's definitely stealing, and there's not much that can be said to argue that.

I still do it anyways.

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 10:26 AM

"would you steal a cell phone?"

If I could do so without getting caught, why not?

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 10:28 AM

9:24 needs to sell more cds so he can by cds of other band that he can rip for friends.

doosh.

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 10:29 AM

fuck you 5.0!!!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 11:18 AM

i would steal a cane from an old invalid lady trying to get across the street.
i would, even if it was my mother.
and if that old hag had some mp3s - i would snag them too

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 11:21 AM

9:09-better start paying all those student loans!

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 12:30 PM

i would steal fart from an ass

Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 3:59 PM