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The Pirate Bay promises to bring back OiNK

27 October 2007 22:53 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 17 comments

The Pirate Bay promises to bring back OiNK Last week, OiNK, the large pre-release music torrent tracker was shut down by English and Dutch authorities and its owner arrested.

In response, the torrent community has fought back, opening another site at BOiNK.cd.
"The most important thing about BOiNK is perhaps the message it sends out to the IFPI and the BPI: It shows that that if you stop one tracker, others will pop up days after. It is a hydra. Call it a slap in the face if you want" wrote Ernesto of TorrentFreak.

And who is leading the building of this new site? The guys over at The Pirate Bay of course. According to them, the site will be different from the original in only that it will be a public tracker and start off with a lot less music than OiNK had when it was raided.

The call has already been made to the former OiNK community to upload their old OiNK torrents.

The Pirate Bay admins have said the site should be ready to go by next week.

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    prodigy42 (Member) 27 October 2007 23:09 Send private message to this user   
    These guys are getting bold. I like what they are doing but i don't use anything they back.
    vinny13 (Inactive) 27 October 2007 23:53 Send private message to this user   
    Never heard of them.
    WierdName (Senior Member) 27 October 2007 23:54 Send private message to this user   
    Wow, I wonder if anyone is making a log of all the stuff TPB is doing.
    venomX05 (Senior Member) 28 October 2007 0:16 Send private message to this user   
    you know something...thank GOD for TPB! it's just goes to show how you shut one site down, they'll just be others to take it's place.

    funniest thing with them was the simpson shirts they did...come to think of it, still need to get one.
    dude845 (Senior Member) 28 October 2007 3:45 Send private message to this user   
    Well at least stmusic.org is still around :p
    Mik3h (AfterDawn Addict) 28 October 2007 5:30 Send private message to this user   
    Not sure If I want to continue uploading music to a public tracker.. not only can it be used by absolutely anyone, but the number of snatch and runners and just phenomenal, it's enough to put anyone off.
    itago (Newbie) 28 October 2007 7:47 Send private message to this user   
    Public tracker won't do for an alternative for oink..
    Joshewah (Senior Member) 28 October 2007 11:56 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by Mik3h:
    Not sure If I want to continue uploading music to a public tracker.. not only can it be used by absolutely anyone, but the number of snatch and runners and just phenomenal, it's enough to put anyone off.
    Originally posted by itago:
    Public tracker won't do for an alternative for oink..
    The purpose of BOiNK.cd is more of a middle finger to the parties involved in the shutdown of OiNK.cd. TPB and everyone else knows that any public tracker can't compete with a good private tracker, so saying that BiONK won't be any good is pointless and irrelevant.

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28 October 2007 17:28

    nintenut (Member) 28 October 2007 14:49 Send private message to this user   
    Brilliant! I love these guys. :)
    mediabob (Member) 28 October 2007 19:00 Send private message to this user   
    cant the RIAA catch you easily if its a public tracker?
    mediabob (Member) 28 October 2007 19:00 Send private message to this user   
    sorry double post

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28 October 2007 19:01

    tin23uk (Junior Member) 28 October 2007 23:36 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by mediabob:
    cant the RIAA catch you easily if its a public tracker?
    the riaa can catch you easy if its public or private, true private offers slightly more protection, but all the riaa have to do is become a member of the tracker and watch whats going on from the inside. even if its invite only you can bet your ass they will find a member willing to send them an invite in exchange for $$$.

    it is more likely that the riaa would go after either the bigger private trackers or public trackers. why waste time and cash trying to get an invite to a private tracker so you can catch 1000 members when you could watch the publics and catch millions

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28 October 2007 23:40

    Hardwyre (Newbie) 29 October 2007 0:57 Send private message to this user   
    Ah, Internet Piracy: the New Prohibition. (and we all know how THAT turned out.)
    Hardwyre (Newbie) 29 October 2007 0:57 Send private message to this user   
    Ah, Internet Piracy: the New Prohibition. (and we all know how THAT turned out.)
    prodigy42 (Member) 29 October 2007 18:20 Send private message to this user   
    Quote:
    the riaa can catch you easy if its public or private, true private offers slightly more protection, but all the riaa have to do is become a member of the tracker and watch whats going on from the inside. even if its invite only you can bet your ass they will find a member willing to send them an invite in exchange for $$$.

    it is more likely that the riaa would go after either the bigger private trackers or public trackers. why waste time and cash trying to get an invite to a private tracker so you can catch 1000 members when you could watch the publics and catch millions
    It would cost them a lot more money if they went after public trackers. The court would be outrageous, they would also need lawyers to defend their side. All in all i think they wouldn't go prosecuting the public just because their ip address was from the pool of say 5,000 ip addresses on one torrent.

    If they did catch you in the act wouldn't they have to find evidence on your computer or in your possession to even bring your case to the US courts.
    Ripper (AfterDawn Addict) 29 October 2007 18:29 Send private message to this user   
    The Pirate Bay <3
    borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 1 November 2007 17:15 Send private message to this user   
    This just goes to show you how you can not stop the torrents communities growing.
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