Oink.cd gets shut down

[treg50]

http://torrentfreak.com/oinkcd-servers-raided-admin-arrested/

[Mibz]

FUCK. FUCK.
LF: Good music torrent site invite

[Seanith]

This is the worst news i've heard all year. When demonoid was shutdown i was mad, but this is much much worse.

[GoChris]

I didn't use it much, barely for music. But then had apps that I couldn't find anywhere else, especially pda apps.

so ya, this sucks big time.

[benyl]

Heard it on the radio this morning.

Here are some details:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572554/20071023/id_0.jhtml



A special message greeted some of the estimated 180,000 paid members of music file-sharing Web site OiNK.cd when they tried to access it on Tuesday: "This site has been closed as a result of a criminal investigation by IFPI [International Federation of the Phonographic Industry], BPI [British Phonographic Industry], Cleveland [U.K.] police and the Fiscal Investigation Unit of the Dutch police, into suspected illegal music distribution. A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users."

The site — described by the IFPI as the world's biggest source of pirated pre-release albums — had been the subject of a two-year investigation overseen by Interpol and known as "Operation Ark Royal" (perhaps a reference to the fleet flagship of Britain's Royal Navy; the ship's motto is "Zeal does not rest"), according to a joint press release. Tuesday's raid resulted in the arrest of one man — an unidentified 24-year-old from the Northeast English city of Middlesbrough — on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and infringement of copyright law.

Officers raided the man's home as well as the offices of his employer and his father's abode. The site's servers, which were based in Amsterdam, were seized in a series of raids last week.

"While some might view this type of act as a victimless crime, there's no such thing," said Chief Superintendent Mark Braithwaite of the Cleveland police in a press release. "The cost of an enterprise such as this will be added to the cost of any legitimate purchases further down the line."

According to police, OiNK was an "extremely lucrative" site that provided illegal downloads of pre-release music and media to its members, who'd joined the site on an invite-only basis and were asked to contribute donations via debit or credit card. That money, believed to be in the region of hundreds of thousands of pounds, is being tracked down by the IFPI and the BPI.

The U.K.-run site has leaked 60 major pre-release albums this year alone, the IFPI said. A spokesman for the agency said that "once an album had been posted on the OiNK Web site, the users that download that music then passed the content to other Web sites, forums and blogs, where multiple copies were made." The IFPI further claims that "hundreds of copies can be found further down the illegal online supply chain" within hours of a popular track being posted on OiNK.

"OiNK was central to the illegal distribution of pre-release music online," explained Jeremy Banks, head of the IFPI, which represents the recording industry worldwide with some 1,400 members in 75 countries. "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, which utilized peer-to-peer technology called BitTorrent to distribute music, had become one of the more popular file-sharing sites on the Web. In recent years, international law enforcement agencies have beefed up efforts to curb illegal downloading, believed to be one of the most damaging forms of piracy for an industry already struggling to keep its collective head above water. Recorded music sales have fallen by more than a third in the last six years, according to industry estimates.

"The government is now well aware of the scale of damage this theft causes to music — copyright theft starves the creative industries of income, which both threatens future investment in artists and vandalizes our culture," said BPI's chief executive, Geoff Taylor. "That this individual now faces criminal charges will deter some, but no doubt others will be looking [to] move into this territory, and the authorities must keep up the pressure to deter the digital freeloaders."

[Mibz]

A special message greeted some of the estimated 180,000 paid membersPeople paid to be on there?

[benyl]

I believe you could donate. Not sure what it did, but I recall that it wouldn't help ratio problems.

[cityhunter2501]

demonoid is not down.

I check it from time to time via proxy US site ;)

[odin7]

OiNK was not a pay site, I had a wicked ratio there was about go buy a new HDD and go on a DL spree. Oh well.

This has got to be the worst thing for me, OiNK quality spoiled me and I don't want to go back to using gay newsgroups. I'm keeping my ear close to the grapevine to see what the scene people intend on doing now.

Anyone have a trance traffic invite? I've been trying to get on that for so long now.


ps- it was not a pay site.. you could donate. That is it.

[bspot]

Originally posted by GoChris
I didn't use it much, barely for music. But then had apps that I couldn't find anywhere else, especially pda apps.

so ya, this sucks big time.

Really? I thought it was only music. I wasn't on there long though.

[Sailz]

I use isohunt and find it to be pretty good. Although I wish they had a comment section as torrentspy did, helped weed out the good files from the bad.

[Seanith]

Originally posted by cityhunter2501
demonoid is not down.

I check it from time to time via proxy US site ;)

well for us in canada, its pretty much shut down

[cityhunter2501]

Originally posted by Seanith


well for us in canada, its pretty much shut down

what I'm saying is theres way around it.
I'm downloading stuffs via demonoid right now, my tracker is inferno.demonoid.com.
they are just blocking canadian IP on their main site

[TurboMedic]

A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users


we're safe here....I'm pretty sure....

[treg50]

http://oink.ms/

[afrotl]

Originally posted by cityhunter2501


what I'm saying is theres way around it.
I'm downloading stuffs via demonoid right now, my tracker is inferno.demonoid.com.
they are just blocking canadian IP on their main site

Can you please shed some light on how you are doing this thanks

[cityhunter2501]

Originally posted by afrotl


Can you please shed some light on how you are doing this thanks

you proxy your connection to demonoid via a US ip
http://objectsspace.com/cgi-bin/proxy/nph-proxy.cgi/000100A/http/www.demonoid.com/

[Seanith]

Originally posted by treg50
http://oink.ms/

:thumbsup:

[afrotl]

Originally posted by cityhunter2501


you proxy your connection to demonoid via a US ip
http://objectsspace.com/cgi-bin/proxy/nph-proxy.cgi/000100A/http/www.demonoid.com/

Thanks:thumbsup:

[Mibz]

boink.cd will be up soon to replace it.
More info at torrentfreak.com

[bspot]

stmusic.org seems to be gaining some momentum as an oink-like replacement.