crazzyyfool Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 British and Dutch police have shut down one of the world's biggest sources of illegally-downloaded music.A flat on Teesside and several properties in Amsterdam were raided as part of an Interpol investigation into the members-only website OiNK. The UK-run site has leaked 60 major pre-release albums this year alone, said the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Source: BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rounds Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I'm gutted :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Gutted because you're going to have to put your hand in your pocket to buy a CD/download from iTunes? Or gutted because you're going to have to find another illegal site to steal through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duntkno Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 speechless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted October 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 23, 2007 I always find it interesting to see the people behind such popular sites. instead of it being some big corporation, its just some guy in a flat with a server lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieFly Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) ah ****! :crazy: next soulseek will go, then we're flat out of music preview services! :( Edited October 23, 2007 by ZombieFly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgarf28 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 nooooo.................. :cry: :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The humanity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDogsBed Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Warms my heart to see another common thieving ******* caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troist Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Such a shame :( OiNK was such a good site for rare/lossless music. The IFPI's report on the catchings is so exaggerated, they make it sound like OiNK's members are part of an uber underground hacking movement trying to take over the world... heres a link: http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20071023.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted October 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 23, 2007 I never used OiNK, but I could see something like this would happen soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rounds Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Gutted because you're going to have to put your hand in your pocket to buy a CD/download from iTunes?Or gutted because you're going to have to find another illegal site to steal through? The second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duntkno Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The second one. well said. im sure everyone knows, this doesn't stop anything, another private site will grow and become just as big. their were already like 5 decent ones right behind oink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinatum Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 :/ :wilted_rose: So long OiNK. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieFly Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Warms my heart to see another common thieving ******* caught. OiNK was different. I used it mainly for impossible to find out of production titles, which you can't generally buy anywhere. The hardcore of the OiNK userbase are/were generally audiophiles who generally spend money on music as well as sharing. Once again destroy a site while the industry offers nothing to fill the gap. Now give me a legal service to download rare back catalogue titles and i'll willingly pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The second one. At least you're honest :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted October 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 23, 2007 It seems like I should have signed up to this site then :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 OiNK was different. I used it mainly for impossible to find out of production titles, which you can't generally buy anywhere. The hardcore of the OiNK userbase are/were generally audiophiles who generally spend money on music as well as sharing. Once again destroy a site while the industry offers nothing to fill the gap. Now give me a legal service to download rare back catalogue titles and i'll willingly pay. Not sure what type of music you're looking for, but these guys have a good back-catalogue http://www.htfr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgarf28 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 and don't forget it was a great site for mac apps! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 OiNK was different. I used it mainly for impossible to find out of production titles, which you can't generally buy anywhere. The hardcore of the OiNK userbase are/were generally audiophiles who generally spend money on music as well as sharing. Once again destroy a site while the industry offers nothing to fill the gap. Now give me a legal service to download rare back catalogue titles and i'll willingly pay. I don't entirely agree with downloading music. OTOH, I empathize with your need to find out-of-production titles. There are more than a dozen CDs I've been trying to find for several years now. One is on Amazon for $100 or so - whereas it should be $15. I think the industry should do more to make available its older CDs for sale - something it has blatantly ignored. Buying used also means artist doesn't get royalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rounds Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 well said. im sure everyone knows, this doesn't stop anything, another private site will grow and become just as big. their were already like 5 decent ones right behind oink. The problem is, the other popular/good sites either offer only RIAA safe material (Such as Indietorrents), or scene releases. For those of us that like getting out of production or very rare music aswell as new music, I don't think there is any other like OiNK. Public sites won't do, because like most other OiNK users, I like music in certain formats/quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyntkid Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Yeah, OiNK really was different from other torrent sites. The community was really awesome, and most of the main users bought music and always told people to buy stuff. Will definitely be missed, source of a lot of realllly good music. And yes, I download lots of music. Bash me all you want, but i've only bought maybe 10 albums in the past 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieFly Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Not sure what type of music you're looking for, but these guys have a good back-catalogue http://www.htfr.com/ thanks, i've just run some searches on there for my most recent OiNK uploads. I'm mainly into electronic music circa 1980-1999. Unfortunately none of the titles are available to buy on htfr, but i'll keep it bookmarked for future searches. Here's an example of why i used OiNK in the first place. I was looking through some reviews on discogs of an artist called LA Synthesis. These guys were putting out UK techno back in 1996. I own some of their releases on Vinyl. I tried to find their cd, "matrix surfer" on all the usual media store sites, but none had it. Found 1 copy on discogs through the "for sale" section, guy wanted ?45. I emailed him and asked if he'd accept ?20 but he refused, which is fair enough. So, what to do? pay ?45 for a cd album or download from OiNK?, well, i downloaded it as my attempts to buy it had failed. I've done this a lot, mainly to replace old vinyl titles as i don't have a record deck these days. I despair, when will the corrupt record industry fail? They've been ripping the public off worldwide now for decades. It's time it stopped, TBH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McoreD Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I wonder what is gonna happen to the OiNK community. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samboini Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 ah ****! :crazy:next soulseek will go, then we're flat out of music preview services! :( Preview, yeah. Keep telling yourself that. well said. im sure everyone knows, this doesn't stop anything, another private site will grow and become just as big. their were already like 5 decent ones right behind oink. And one by one each of you will all get put away for quite a while. I won't shed a single tear, ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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