Oink snuffs it (Read 47471 times)

unclesomebody · October 23, 2007, 12:49:02 pm

Just a little warning to those who had been using Oink's Pink Palace. Just seen a story on BBC news that the website has been shut down, and the guy running it has been busted. They've accosted all his computer stuff in the UK and also the server side which was in the Netherlands. Just in case you have any torrents still running I guess it would be a good idea to stop them running now.

Well, that's the end of the best torrent site around. Such a shame in my opinion... Time to move on...

Monolith · October 23, 2007, 12:51:00 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is the worst news possible!! My life will never ever be the same.

Bubba · October 23, 2007, 04:53:14 pm

It's a fucking tragedy - nipped home and stopped my client as soon as I heard.

I just hope he manages to escape jail / crippling fines and can continue elsewhere.

I'd uploaded over 100GB to Oink

dontfollowme · October 23, 2007, 05:58:26 pm

I donated a tenner so I could see the top 10 stats and have more features. I can't see the authorities coming after 180,000 members though :S

unclesomebody · October 24, 2007, 02:26:52 pm

More on this story;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/24/piracy.crime

ps. I don't love the Guardian more than any other national paper.

Bubba · October 24, 2007, 09:45:27 pm

I always thought that the pre-release stuff would spell trouble eventually. When you can get hold of demos/finished albums weeks or even months ahead of their official release date, sooner or later somebody is going to spit a dummy and it's finally happened.

It's not nice to know that us ex-oinkers are all currently under investigation by interpol, but hopefully they are just after the people who fed the pre-releases to the scene rather than average users like moi.

dontfollowme · October 25, 2007, 11:13:29 am

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A spokesman for Cleveland Police, responsible the Middlesbrough inquiries, said: “It is too early to tell if we will go after individuals, it all depends on what we find.”

Houdini · October 25, 2007, 11:16:29 am

Running that through the Mets' Bullshitulator: It's a Kiddieprune thang.

unclesomebody · October 25, 2007, 11:17:48 am

They are not going to go after 180,000 people. They don't have the manpower. I would guess they will target the big uploaders, so if you were in the top 5% then you might have a bit of cause to worry. I'd only uploaded about 120Gb and my brother about 200Gb so I doubt we are anywhere near the top. To give you an idea of what the real uploaders were doing... a friend of mine had access to a private admin account for a while and there was many many terabyte uploaded on that account. I think those people will have something to worry about (maybe). This kind of thing is usually all smoke and no fire.

Houdini · October 25, 2007, 11:21:42 am

DLing like that is some kind of extreme addiction; bizarre primitive behaviour where he (DLer) can't hope to hear all in his lifetime. Must. Have. It. All-itis.

unclesomebody · October 25, 2007, 11:28:37 am

Can someone sort me out with a demonoid invite. You know I'm good for it... really.. I need it. PM me.

unclesomebody · October 25, 2007, 12:53:46 pm

why can't I delete my previous post? anyway, it's sorted.

Jim · October 25, 2007, 03:32:59 pm

Quote from: unclesomebody on October 25, 2007, 11:28:37 am

Can someone sort me out with a demonoid invite. You know I'm good for it... really.. I need it. PM me.

will sort you out. check your email

unclesomebody · October 25, 2007, 03:54:02 pm

maybe you didn't read the post directly above yours, but I had sorted one already. Now I have two accounts. Wonderful.

Bubba · October 25, 2007, 05:08:00 pm

I wonder if demonoid will take over as the music king now?

Paul B · October 25, 2007, 05:51:47 pm

is demonoid a good source for torrents? i've had difficulty finding decent sites.

Bubba · October 25, 2007, 07:29:41 pm

Yes, demonoid has a shit load on it, but not so hot for obscure music, which was Oink's forte.

Bubba · October 25, 2007, 08:49:58 pm

Interview by Zeropaid with Oink's (ex)admin

Includes:

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<Yawg> did you anticipate a raid in the past? Did you take any precautions regarding site design and logs and whatnot to protect the community?

<OiNK> the logs we store aren't enough to inciminate users

Bubba · October 25, 2007, 08:55:30 pm

And there is now an Oink Memorial Site

Bubba · October 28, 2007, 11:00:59 am

Interesting article regarding the current state of the music industry and comment on Oink's takedown.

It also looks like http://oink.cd has been returned to it's owner - the takedown message is gone.

Houdini · October 29, 2007, 08:04:28 am

That's a good rant (as someone replied to the article).

Shame about OINK. But there will be other OINKS, other avenues. Sympathy for the record industry? None at all. Why? Read this. (May have posted this before eons back, but still pertinent.)

Bubba · October 29, 2007, 08:36:49 am

Yes there will be other Oinks....eventually. But the way that Oink was run ensured an extremely high standard of releases and i've never seen that anywhere else.

Oink itself may even come back - it was only a tracker, it didn't host any music itself.

dontfollowme · October 29, 2007, 08:51:15 am

I hope a suitable replacement does come along. I don't really miss the days of queuing stuff up on soulseek but it looks like that is what I will be returning to.

What is everyone else using instead?

Houdini · October 29, 2007, 08:53:47 am

Quote from: Bubba on October 29, 2007, 08:36:49 am

Oink... ...was only a tracker, it didn't host any music itself.

So is this a case of shooting the postman?

Bubba · October 29, 2007, 09:06:53 am

Quote from: Houdini on October 29, 2007, 08:53:47 am

So is this a case of shooting the postman?

I think so, yes, but if the authorities have been investigating it for 2 years (as they have said) then you'd think they had something concrete to prosecute him with - i've no idea what though, i guess we'll have to wait for the trial which won't be until December at the earliest.
I believe that the senior tech person on the site is still in hiding, though the owner himself has been released.