o**k has been taken down

madrpo · Post by **madrpo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:11 pm

this will make some people happy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7057812.stm

vonboyage · Post by **vonboyage** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:12 pm

Lol @ not writing the full name like its profanity.

yes i know some people consider it profanity in its own right.

ajantis_art · Post by **ajantis_art** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:16 pm

never heard of it

7" · Post by 7" » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:17 pm

Oinky

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."

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:20 pm

they nabbed the bloke who runs tv-links.co.uk as well, which is a shame.

vonboyage · Post by **vonboyage** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:24 pm

pk- wrote:they nabbed the bloke who runs tv-links.co.uk as well, which is a shame.

TV links was the one.

quietmouse · Post by **quietmouse** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:33 pm

I've posted in about five threads about this on different forums.. I'm sad

3rdeye · Post by **3rdeye** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:34 pm

Vonboyage wrote:
pk- wrote:they nabbed the bloke who runs tv-links.co.uk as well, which is a shame.
TV links was the one.

yeah was wondering where tv links had gone

not a fan of illegal music downloading so wont miss oink but tv links had so many hard to find oldskool shows on it

7" · Post by 7" » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:41 pm

u mean payed channels getting broadcasted through the internet? thats so illegal as downloading stuff from oink!
dont see the difference

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:44 pm

oink was the tits so i heard

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:44 pm

#SHIT no tv links aswell??

i wanted to watch 'stoned in suburbia' again tonight

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:48 pm

http://www.free-tv-video-online.info/internet/

any other sites, was trying to watch 3rd rock from the sun

3rdeye · Post by **3rdeye** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:57 pm

[quote="7""]u mean payed channels getting broadcasted through the internet? thats so illegal as downloading stuff from oink!
dont see the difference

[/quote]

in terms of intellectual property it is the same thing

but ive mixed feelings about illegal music downloads cos i work in the industry. dont really feel the same way about tv streaming tho, i dont watch much, just gimme brass eye and fawlty towers!

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:12 pm

How exactly was a free file sharing site with no ads "Extremely lucrative"? I would also dispute the fact that it was a "creative scheme", as there are hundreds of other torrent sites running on near identical code, but that's splitting hairs.

roko · Post by **roko** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:18 pm

RIP

site that introduced me to a shitload of music

Hail piracy, i would not be on this forum without it. Would not spend my money on 320 dubstep mp3s without it either...

big up oink peeps --- extremely culturally big achievement in my opinnion, even keepin it goin for how long as it did...

PS. don't wanna start a fight or nuttin saying all this --- just stating facts and my personal opinion.

rickyricardo · Post by **rickyricardo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:39 pm

[quote="7""]u mean payed channels getting broadcasted through the internet? thats so illegal as downloading stuff from oink!
dont see the difference

[/quote]

Tv-links never hosted any content itself, it was just links to video content hosted on Google Video, Youtube, etc. That's the difference.

The content is still out there....just one less site to organize it all.

7" · Post by 7" » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:40 pm

3RDEYE wrote:in terms of intellectual property it is the same thing but ive mixed feelings about illegal music downloads cos i work in the industry. dont really feel the same way about tv streaming tho, i dont watch much, just gimme brass eye and fawlty towers!

yes, tv sucks that much, dont watch tv at all.
in terms of intellectual property its exactly the same thing as u said so, here in portugal a website got closed for streaming some 'closed' channels (mean payed chs) thought it streamed some other 'opened' chs it simply got 'banned' for broadcasting some pay-on-demand (and stuff) portuguese channels! surely thats so much easier closing a place in the internet that is streaming tv channels than closing a blog or a board that shares tons of musical material, pure reality!

RickyRicardo wrote: Tv-links never hosted any content itself, it was just links to video content hosted on Google Video, Youtube, etc. That's the difference.

Thats completely different, another story on that one though those services like Youtube and so on has to host procedures so they can resolve some illegal content if someone decided to flag an inappropriate stuff, exactly the same with that hosting file services like Rapidshare, they have to host Report systems so people can flag illegal stuff, you will agree with me that there are some websites streaming copyrighted and private chs using Sopcast, Tvants, TVU technologies, and thats so illegal as dowloading copyrighted music.

jackquinox · Post by **jackquinox** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:47 pm

I use tv-links at work all the time just use this to find other sites with media content:

http://www.ovguide.com/

Dont want to jump on the whole debate of illegal streaming of shows and such i pay a tv licence, go to the pictures, rent dvds legit so its not like i dont contribute anything

7" · Post by 7" » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:16 pm

taken from the Oink's site, oinc.cd

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

FUCKED

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:50 pm

mediadefender don't fuck about, do they.

seems a bit funny that all these raids and arrests have happened on the heels of their monumentally massive cock up. smacks of desperation a bit

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