Many of you wrote in with the news that popular private BitTorrent music site Oink was raided and shutdown by Interpol after a two year investigation. British and Dutch police spent two years working on the raid, shutting down what they are calling the “biggest source of illegal pre-release chart albums” and arrested the 24-year old owner of the site.

Oink or “OiNK” as it was sometimes written, 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.

Popular P2P watchdog site Torrentfreak had some more details, saying that the law enforcement agencies were currently looking to have the identities of users turned over to authorities. The site boasted nearly 180,000 registered members according to the story.

Due to a disperse international user base, and the unlikelihood of tracking down 180,000 people and subjecting them to British law, some argue that prosecution of individual users is unlikely. However, the volume of pre-release music suggests that some of the music on the site was leaked by OINK users and thereby providing an additional incentive to discover the source of those leaks.
Source Many of you wrote in with the news that popular private BitTorrent music site Oink was raided and shutdown by Interpol after a two year investigation. British and Dutch police spent two years working on the raid, shutting down what they are calling the “biggest source of illegal pre-release chart albums” and arrested the 24-year old owner of the site.

Oink or “OiNK” as it was sometimes written, 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.

Popular P2P watchdog site Torrentfreak had some more details, saying that the law enforcement agencies were currently looking to have the identities of users turned over to authorities. The site boasted nearly 180,000 registered members according to the story.

Due to a disperse international user base, and the unlikelihood of tracking down 180,000 people and subjecting them to British law, some argue that prosecution of individual users is unlikely. However, the volume of pre-release music suggests that some of the music on the site was leaked by OINK users and thereby providing an additional incentive to discover the source of those leaks.
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