British Arrest In Music Piracy Case

By Christopher Nickson
October 24, 2007

Police arrest one and close down the OiNK file-sharing site in raids in England and Holland.

You’ve heard of lawsuits to close illegal download sites. But in raids in England and Holland, police arrested the man believed to be behind the file-sharing site site OiNK and closed down its servers. Don’t be surprised if you haven’t heard of Oink. You needed an invitation to become one of its 180,000 members, and that invitation was only forthcoming if you had a “donation” of music to share – as well as money to pay for downloads. In fact, OiNK was one of the main sources of illegal pre-release music. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the site has leaked 60 major pre-release albums this year, often weeks before their official release date. Oink members distributed recordings in the torrent file format to other OiNK members, and had to ...

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