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OiNK has been raided, admin arrested
thisisthenortheast.co.uk — No blogspam, direct link to source: "The home of a 24-year-old IT worker was raided in Grange Road, Middlesbrough, was raided in a low-key operation this morning." "Up to 180,000 people were members of the private www.oink.co.uk website." "The 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and infringement of copyright law"
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- yagidem, on 10/23/2007, -0/+2Full article (no-one paid for downloading at OiNK's though...):
Police swoop to close down illegal website
POLICE in the region have said they have closed down one of the world's biggest illegal music file sharing websites.
The site is understood to have been operating from a flat in Middlesbrough.
Up to 180,000 people were members of the private www.oink.co.uk website.
They paid to upload and download music, some of it not yet released by record companies.
The home of a 24-year-old IT worker was raided in Grange Road, Middlesbrough, was raided in a low-key operation this morning.
At the same time his father's home and his employer, a large multi-national company, were also raided.
The website's server, which was based in Amsterdam, was also closed down by Dutch police.
The 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and infringement of copyright law.
Detective Sergeant Tony Keogh, who led this morning's operation, said the three-month investigation had involved Interpol, the Dutch authorities and the British Phonographic Industry.
He said: "This is an infringement of copyright law that in financial terms causes immeasurable lost to record companies.
"We have been working closely with Interpol and our Dutch colleagues in Amsterdam where the website server is based to ensure that it too was secured at the time of arrest." - yagidem, on 10/23/2007, -0/+3http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20071023. ...
- fusen, on 10/23/2007, -0/+5noooooooooooooooo, this sucks so much :(
- Dcherub, on 10/23/2007, -1/+3argh! so angry!!! ... where will i go without oink?! limewire?!!
hehe - pbjabba, on 10/23/2007, -0/+3I miss it already :'(
- henrycrun, on 10/23/2007, -0/+0Three month investigation involving interpol!? Oink's name, home address, and details of his life since teen age are all in the public domain. If you know where to look...
- HaroldatState, on 10/24/2007, -0/+0You posted this twice without any info as to where... clues maybe?
- henrycrun, on 10/26/2007, -0/+0sorry that really would be telling. very observant fans will have spotted that people were sticking imageshack links on torrentfreak but they got pulled real fast.
- HaroldatState, on 10/24/2007, -0/+0You posted this twice without any info as to where... clues maybe?
- j1gs4w, on 10/23/2007, -0/+2Simply the best.
- pwnrOiNK, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1sad news..
- bhavi, on 10/23/2007, -0/+2BBC Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7057812.st ...
- n0fx, on 10/23/2007, -2/+1oh *****!
FIGHT BACK!
www.KillPolice.com - kamisama, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1A legend died.
- GoldenToast, on 10/23/2007, -0/+0Very sad day :(
- MikeonTV, on 10/23/2007, -1/+4Anyone have an invite?
- c0ldfusi0n, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1This is a sad day for music lovers.
- Amatively, on 10/23/2007, -4/+0Hahaha oh wow, I only got banned from OiNK 2 days ago, lucky me.
Serves them right for their over-the-top ruling system. - brainster31, on 10/23/2007, -0/+4theres already 2 stories on the front page about this
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