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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]

Tags: Oink, Torrents
posted at 6:06 PM on September 11, 2008 in music | technology | Comments (23)

Comments (23)

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

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Posted by Bench Craft Company | March 23, 2010 8:58 AM

Truth is, the guy (Ellis) was aquitted and no user was ever charged. Also Oink was replaced pretty much immediately by not one but TWO sister sites. ha

Posted by Free the files | October 12, 2010 4:22 PM

This is so ridiculous. Record companies need to bite the bullet and come up with new business models.

Posted by tongue rings | November 2, 2010 10:25 PM

Islam is a religion of peace

Posted by منتديات | February 22, 2011 4:16 PM

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