OiNK Shut Down? October 23, 2007
Wow. So it looks like OiNK (one of the biggest private torrent sites) has been shut down (press release here). That really sucks – I checked this site almost every single day for new music… It was pretty much my main source for quality rips of new albums and older/hard to find stuff. It does kind of baffle me how these sites can be shut down, since they aren’t actually hosting any illegal content (and therefore aren’t infringing on any copyrights) but maybe I just don’t know enough about copyright law to understand. So that sucks, but who knows, maybe someone will bring the site back? By the way, this is a terrible news article. They got OiNK’s URL wrong, and no one “paid” to download music – You had the option of making a small donation to help keep the site running, but no one forced you to, it was entirely possible to use the site without spending a dime. This article is a little better, but it still doesn’t get all the facts right. People don’t have to “prove that they have music to offer” in order to join the site, they just need to be invited by someone else.
Update: There’s a video regarding the site creator’s arrest here. By the way they raided his house you’d think he was a drug lord or something.
Anyway… Here is a higher quality (“scene”) rip of the new Serj Tankian album. Oh yeah, and make sure you download the new Britney Spears album… Shit is fire. I’ll make a bigger update soon, I just got home and I’m gonna try and get a few hours of sleep in before it gets bright out… Ugh.
Big T Oct 27, 2007
Pirate Bay is bring back Oink
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-to-bring-back-oink-071026/