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Dannn_
from United Kingdom on 2007-10-23 05:28 [#02136649]
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I think this is a good day for xltronic
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British and Dutch police today shut down the world’s biggest source of illegal pre-release chart albums and arrested a 24-year old man in an operation coordinated between Middlesbrough and Amsterdam.
The raids, which were coordinated by Interpol, follow a two-year investigation by the international and UK music industry bodies IFPI and BPI into the members-only online pirate pre-release club known as OiNK.
OiNK specialised in distributing albums leaked on to the internet, often weeks ahead of their official release date. More than 60 major album releases have been leaked on OiNK so far this year, making it the primary source worldwide for illegal pre-release music.
The site, with an estimated membership of 180,000, has been used by many hardcore file-sharers to violate the rights of artists and producers by obtaining copyrighted recordings and making them available on the internet.
It is alleged that the site was operated by a 24-year-old man in the Middlesbrough area, who was arrested today. The site’s servers, based in Amsterdam, were seized in a series of raids last week. OiNK’s operator allegedly made money by setting up a donations account on the site facilitated by PayPal.
Cleveland Police and the FIOD-ECD SCHIPOL branch of the Dutch police undertook the raids, supported by Interpol, as part of a carefully-planned international investigation with anti-piracy investigators from IFPI and BPI.
OiNK used peer-to-peer technology called BitTorrent to distribute music. Torrent sites such as OiNK act as a library for torrent files. BitTorrent is the most popular software for internet file sharing and OiNK was the best-known for pre-release piracy.
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20071023.html
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2007-10-23 05:31 [#02136651]
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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SlipDrinkMats
from Thanks (Bhutan) on 2007-10-23 05:32 [#02136652]
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PHobiazero, as the Internet's largest facilitator of Oink invites, must be shitting muesli. No wonder he's not been online lately, he's holed up in Mexico.
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_gvarek_
from next to you (Poland) on 2007-10-23 05:32 [#02136653]
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o_O
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2007-10-23 05:36 [#02136654]
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closed criminal networks such as OiNK take time to develop
haha
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bingob
on 2007-10-23 05:43 [#02136658]
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Oh god. Not only have I been a closed criminalman, but also a closed criminalman with poor ratio :'(
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sheffieldbleep
from Sheffield (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-23 05:46 [#02136659]
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hahaha
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blaaard
from Imatra (close to sky) (Finland) on 2007-10-23 05:53 [#02136663]
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yes, this is one worry less in life.
wooooooohooooooooo!
seriously, what are these people who have good ratio in the multi billion gigabyte range?
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bingob
on 2007-10-23 06:07 [#02136671]
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The guy I invited has a ratio 4.0+ Hope the police cathes him... noooo. I didn't say that :'(
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horsefactory
from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-23 06:17 [#02136679]
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whoa
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horsefactory
from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-23 06:21 [#02136680]
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yeah bingob i never had a good ratio either we are meta-criminials
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Wolfslice
from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-10-23 06:25 [#02136681]
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back to soulseek with you all.
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bogala
from NYC (United States) on 2007-10-23 06:30 [#02136683]
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Spanish people talk so funny
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bingob
on 2007-10-23 06:30 [#02136684]
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They should make tv-series about criminal networks like this. Oinkmafia Sopranos-style.
scene 132: "horsefactory comes home. he's been in the shop buying smokes and a sixpack of coke. he goes to his room. his mother is nagging about tidying his room. she is pain in the ass. horsefactory puts his mothers head on edge of desk. he gives her a curb stomp in the back of the head. that made her quiet. he checks out mu-torrent. Yeah 97,8% of "best of Hanal". Only minutes left until his computer shows him the best of midget madness and bats in asses. but WTF? all the oink transfers has stopped? Suddenly he can hear knock on front door.
"this is the police come out with your penis in pants and hands over your head!"
end of episode.
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Wolfslice
from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-10-23 06:31 [#02136686]
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I don't think I've ever read any of your posts all the way through.
Hi, bingob
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horsefactory
from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-23 06:39 [#02136690]
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hahahahah
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PS
on 2007-10-23 06:42 [#02136691]
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So does this mean I downloaded the new Queen Latifah album for nothing? Seriously, I've always preferred Soulseek anyway. R.I.P
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2007-10-23 06:43 [#02136695]
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begone with soulseek, people of the previous century!
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pigster
from melbs on 2007-10-23 07:06 [#02136711]
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no! i was on my fourth account. and loving it. this is shit. that place was just so convinient and bliss : (
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Co-existence
from Bergen (Norway) on 2007-10-23 07:09 [#02136714]
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It will be back, right?
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Grahf
from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-23 07:15 [#02136719]
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has anyone got a spare oink invite
pleeeasssee?
criminalmastermind@hotmail.com
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Wolfslice
from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-10-23 07:15 [#02136721]
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I love your avatar.
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_gvarek_
from next to you (Poland) on 2007-10-23 07:17 [#02136723]
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back in the (soulseek) pile everyone!
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Mr Brazil
from Oh Joan, I love you so... on 2007-10-23 07:22 [#02136729]
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I think when the proprietor is arrested and server seized, you'll be safe to assume that the site won't be back.
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Co-existence
from Bergen (Norway) on 2007-10-23 07:23 [#02136731]
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But I just joined a few weeks ago! :(
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2007-10-23 07:23 [#02136732]
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please be gentle. he's still in denial.
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big
from lsg on 2007-10-23 07:27 [#02136735]
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ok
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SlipDrinkMats
from Thanks (Bhutan) on 2007-10-23 07:34 [#02136737]
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Just go into a specialist, independant record store and steal everything, the exercise'll do you good.
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big
from lsg on 2007-10-23 07:37 [#02136738]
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i just got it: 'pigs'
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2007-10-23 07:45 [#02136742]
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pigs go oink, don't they
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PS
on 2007-10-23 07:46 [#02136743]
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The more I think about it, the more angry I get. I should've downloaded that 4 gig bundle of Crumb Comix while I had the chance, ratio be damned. And not downloading all my old albums in their original mono format, that's just laziness. All these pirating opportunities lost forever. I'm never buying an Interpol album again.
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bingob
on 2007-10-23 07:47 [#02136744]
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You should try. They are often quite short and intellectual
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bingob
on 2007-10-23 07:50 [#02136745]
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intelligent
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PS
on 2007-10-23 07:51 [#02136746]
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I read your posts all of the time. They're good. :0)
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Sano
on 2007-10-23 07:52 [#02136747]
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I hope that teached you a lesson mister!
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big
from lsg on 2007-10-23 07:53 [#02136748]
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but it's also a coloquial term for policemen
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Sano
on 2007-10-23 07:54 [#02136750]
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I know there's a bacon joke in here somewhere.
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bingob
on 2007-10-23 07:55 [#02136751]
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Thank you. I will strive for quality also in the future
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Wolfslice
from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-10-23 07:55 [#02136752]
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I will try bingob. I will try.
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bogala
from NYC (United States) on 2007-10-23 07:59 [#02136754]
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fuck , there was a 4 gig bundle of Crumb Comix?
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2007-10-23 08:10 [#02136757]
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Dannn_ is a cunning bastard!
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Fah
from Netherlands, The on 2007-10-23 08:19 [#02136761]
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lol
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happy cycling
from berlin on 2007-10-23 08:23 [#02136762]
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does anyone know if they kept IP logs?
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sadist
from the dark side of the moon on 2007-10-23 08:36 [#02136765]
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fbi is already on the way
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sadist
from the dark side of the moon on 2007-10-23 08:39 [#02136766]
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actually what really annoys me is that they do raids against sites that don't host files at all - only links.
i mean i can understand a raid that was very controversial a few weeks ago when police stormed into a student hostel i poland saying they were searching for drugs - in fact they confiscated a few dozen computers and hard drives because they had some anonymous info that the students where using the intranet for file sharing. they found the files and they were shared - i'll get it.
but oink ? is a bit weird for me.
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OK
on 2007-10-23 08:40 [#02136767]
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shit
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futureimage
from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-23 08:44 [#02136768]
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yay no more XLT spam.
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2007-10-23 09:58 [#02136780]
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This site has been closed as a result of a criminal investigation by IFPI, BPI,
Cleveland Police and the Fiscal Investigation Unit of the Dutch Police (FIOD ECD) into
suspected illegal music distribution.
A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's
users
wooops :-(
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010101
from Vancouver (Canada) on 2007-10-23 10:09 [#02136795]
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Bring on the next OiNK.....
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2007-10-23 10:49 [#02136822]
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I was really looking forward to the Christmas Freeleech like they had last year. :[
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