Popcorned1 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 British Police Confirm Six OiNK Users Arrested British Police have just confirmed that several users of BitTorrent site OiNK were arrested recently. TorrentFreak broke the news last Friday after sitting on the story for a while but the mainstream press have been holding back over the weekend, waiting for confirmation. Just seconds ago, confirmation came. Last week TorrentFreak reported that Cleveland Police had arrested a user of OiNK, who was questioned and later released on police bail. We also discovered that other people had been arrested and deduced from our sources that this police action was taken against alleged pre-release uploaders - those that share before the retail date. A few minutes ago in an email to TorrentFreak, Cleveland Police confirmed that a total of six individuals were arrested, all in connection with the uploading of pre-release music. Three of the arrests were made on Friday 23rd May and three more on Wednesday 28th May. The arrested individuals are five men aged between 19 and 33, and a 28-year-old woman. Suspects were taken to their local police station for questioning and required to provide DNA samples and fingerprints. According to our sources, they were arrested on suspicion of ?Conspiracy to Defraud the Music Industry? although this hasn?t yet been confirmed by the police. We can confirm that at least two of the arrests are for the alleged uploading of a single album. All have been bailed pending further enquirUpdatete: The Register contacted the BPI who gave this statemThe BPI and IFPI worked with the police in order to close down the OiNK tracker site last October. The illegal online distribution of music, particularly pre-release, is hugely damaging, and as OiNK was the biggest source for pre-releases at the time we moved to shut it down. We provided the information to assist this investigation, but this is now a police matter and we are unable to comment further at this stage.e. Source : Torrent Freak Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
funciona Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Damn it :( That sucks. OiNK released something important for me (don't remember what) Maybe it was Halo or the Sims 2.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovell Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 What a waste of police resources, if the police are having such a hard time doing their job with lack of resources etc. shouldn't piracy and over "crimes" which only damage big businesses wallets be put to the bottom of the list? :hmmm: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted June 4, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 4, 2008 Damn it :( That sucks. OiNK released something important for me (don't remember what) Maybe it was Halo or the Sims 2.... It's the way life works. You break the law and you risk getting caught. I'm sure the people they are arresting are the worst of the worst as far as distribution goes. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zab Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 PIRACY 4 LIFE! YAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted June 4, 2008 MVC Share Posted June 4, 2008 This is near where I am as well! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairlytayleree Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I'd never heard of Oink. Why would people want pre-release music? Hmm I feel like asking Shazam. Shazam? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
funciona Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I'd never heard of Oink. Why would people want pre-release music? Hmm I feel like asking Shazam. Shazam? To get the original version of a song. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 What a waste of police resources, if the police are having such a hard time doing their job with lack of resources etc. shouldn't piracy and over "crimes" which only damage big businesses wallets be put to the bottom of the list? :hmmm: The kozzers should be interested in going after drug dealers, life time criminals, burglars and car thieves, not those sticking up torrent links. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairlytayleree Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 To get the original version of a song. Yeah I meant the actual team. Used to work there :>> Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy Veteran Posted June 4, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 4, 2008 Yikes! At least they only target uploaders :ninja: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589455861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I can understand them going for people who upload pre-release material. They must have done something more sinister to get hold of the music early in the first place, right? No doubt someone will pop up here and come up with a legitimate reason though... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589456133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I can understand them going for people who upload pre-release material. They must have done something more sinister to get hold of the music early in the first place, right? No doubt someone will pop up here and come up with a legitimate reason though... Prolly they work in a pressing factory or retail store, or they know a friend of a friend of a friend (:p) who has access to pre release stuff. Not a legit reason though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589456208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borbus Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 No pre-release music at all appeared on OiNK first. 99% of stuff comes from the Scene and it just filtered down on to OiNK like all torrent sites. They just don't like it because suddenly they don't have control over when the music is released. I don't even know what the police are doing on this case. There was no criminal activity whatsoever on OiNK so the police should not be involved. Does anyone know how to lodge a formal complaint about misuse of resources? We pay the police service but not to protect private interests like this. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589456233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy Veteran Posted June 4, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 4, 2008 Does anyone know how to lodge a formal complaint about misuse of resources? We pay the police service but not to protect private interests like this. No, but if we could get as many people as we could to do like wise, that would hopefully get the message across. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589456248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
84Mark Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Internet Piracy is the least of Cleveland Polices troubles! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589456253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 This is just bad news. Are they now going after more people? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/641256-british-police-confirm-six-oink-users-arrested/#findComment-589456288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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