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.
Source:
BetaNews
"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.
Source:
BetaNews
