# OiNK Shut Down
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oink-shut-down/37475
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [October 23, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oink-shut-down/37475 "2007-10-23T12:56:55Z")
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### Author:  [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oink-shut-down/37475/1 "2007-10-23T12:56:55Z")
> **TORRENT PRE-RELEASE** music site OiNK has been shut down by British and Dutch coppers after a two year investigation.
> The site, which was members-only and operated a strict invite and torrent seeding policy, was a hotspot for early album leaks - that is, promotional copies would be made available sometimes months before they were available in shops.
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> British music bodies the [IFPI](http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20071023.html) and the BPI must be chuffed with the closure: it’s estimated that there were 180,000 users on the site, all wanting to get their mitts on free music. Allegedly, the site was operated and maintained by a 24-year-old Middlesbrough man who was arrested today.
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> There’s also been a raid last week on the site’s [servers](http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/23/oink-shut-british-dutch-police#), now seized, which were hosted in Amsterdam.
> Jeremy Banks of the IFPI’s Internet Anti-Piracy unit wasted no time pointing out the evils of music piracy: “This was not a case of friends sharing music for pleasure,” he said.
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> “This was a worldwide network that got hold of music they did not own the rights to and posted it online.” Possibly for friends to share with each other, for pleasure. We reckon. µ
[http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/23/oink-shut-british-dutch-police](http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/23/oink-shut-british-dutch-police)
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oink-shut-down/37475/2 "2007-10-23T13:02:14Z")
repost faggot.
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oink-shut-down/37475/3 "2007-10-23T13:03:08Z")
HOWIE, SHUT THE RSS BOT OFF AND RECODE IT. install a search macro or something.
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### Author:  [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oink-shut-down/37475/4 "2007-10-23T16:02:48Z")
doh!