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Several charged with fraud concerning OiNK site
It's easy to forget when enjoying the spoils of free music from download websites that people can actually go to jail for it. Case in point: Alan Ellis, creator of the invite-only torrent download site OiNK, has been charged with "conspiracy to defraud," reports Pitchfork. Ellis' case will be heard in front of a British magistrate on Sept. 24.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsU.K. talking about taxing music downloaders
It's nice that every once in a while download news comes from a pragmatic, rather than disciplinary, realm. In the last few years, the tide of of industry crackdown on media piracy has only risen—the closing of peer-to-peer program Napster, the onset of RIAA lawsuits and the seizure of bit-torrents site OiNK but a few of the symptoms.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSix more arrested from OiNK sting
Don McLean would have you believe that the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Jiles Richardson was the day the music died. But for the legions of modern-day music fans reared on the narcotic of not having to pay for their tunes, the date is one much nearer and dearer to their heart: October 23, 2007, the day OiNK was busted.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPirate Bay nixes BOiNK, but renovates music section
As we told you exactly one month ago, the torrenting seadogs at The Pirate Bay had at one point aimed to launch a successor to the slain torrent site OiNK.cd. Alas, the cheerily named "BOiNK" was not to be. According to Digital Music News, BOiNK was dead in the water before it even set sail. "There are so many people opening up new music trackers right now so there's no need for us to go and do that as well," prominent pirate Peter "Brokep" Sunde told DMN. But dry your digital tears, torrent fans. As TorrentFreak.com reports, Pirate Bay is... read more
Found in: Music, NewsOiNK 2.0: Call it "BOiNK"
[Above: OiNK's piggy as Che Guevara from Cafe Press user opplove] Pay a visit to the graveyard that was once known as OiNK, and you might be surprised to find a homepage devoted to waffles. "OiNK.cd - the number 1 site in the world for waffle recipes," reads the page title. Could it be? Has OiNK finally forsaken its illegal torrenting past and turned over a new leaf as a digital waffle house? Ahh... but not so fast: "These are the waffles that taste really good according to google," reads a link at the bottom of the page. Click on... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSqueals of OiNK lovers reverberate across the Internet
[Above: the somewhat less-than-tasteful banner for OinkMemorial.Blogspot.com] When people lose a close friend, they sometimes act strangely in their grief. When that close friend is an illegal online community of music pirates, things get stranger still. The demise of OiNK (which seriously only happened yesterday) has already become a sort of Lennonesque event for the website's primary beneficiaries - the hardest of hardcore (stolen) music junkies. So, how to mourn? Well, let's go through the familiar continuum, starting with denial - in the sense of denying false charges. A lot of the media buzz going around the Internet yesterday painted... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTorrent site OiNK sent to the slaughter, one arrested
Think of the industry crackdown on music piracy as Prohibition and OiNK as one of the world's most notorious speakeasies. With over 180,000 users across the globe, this little piggy routinely went to the black market to leak major albums before their official release dates. To be sure, it wasn't a Napster-sized phenomenon. But OiNK's membership roster included a great number of bloggers and other musical opinion-shapers. So the blogosphere basically had a collective seizure this morning when the following message appeared on the OiNK homepage: "This site has been closed as a result of a criminal investigation by IFPI,... read more
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