Andre Yoskowitz
23 Oct 2007 19:59
OiNK, the extremely popular private torrent tracker has been shut down and its owner’s home raided by both UK and Dutch police.
According to investigators, OiNK was the source of pre-release music which then spread to P2P networks as well as other torrent sites and blogs.
The tracker however, was private and membership required an invitation so it is safe to say the operators of the site felt secure from any legal fallout that recently happened to other public trackers and P2P sites.
One man, a 24-year-old resident of England, was arrested and the datacenter where OiNK's servers were located was raided in Amsterdam.
"OiNK was central to the illegal distribution of pre-release music online. 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," said the IFPI in a statement.
According to the IFPI and British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the raids were a result of a two-year investigation and that the operators of OiNK were making substantial money from the site.
More news on any fallout this latest hit to the torrent community has.
Source:
BetaNews