Sites freak out after OiNK raid

**Polarbear** · 10-26-2007, 10:53 AM

it's the same thing they tried to do with grass in the late 60ies/early 70ies.

you can't criminalise or even punish a huge part of the society.

**GoLDeN** · 10-26-2007, 11:12 AM

that looks very bad

**AugustoP** · 10-26-2007, 11:23 AM

Like RIAA reps don't have accounts everywhere. Water is spilled already.

**james99** · 10-26-2007, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Polarbear

it's the same thing they tried to do with grass in the late 60ies/early 70ies.

you can't criminalise or even punish a huge part of the society.

sure they can, thats why usa has so many people in jail for non-violent drug offenses.

**Sylar666** · 10-26-2007, 11:56 AM

This is the agony of the contemporary music - industry. They will fall, and will fall big time! It looks as if it had been a real nightmare - when looking back on it from some time in the future. This whole emotional and dirty propaganda by RIAA and allies is just like committing suicide. Cook it - eat it! I won't give a damn for them - in fact will dance on their coffin.

**Melvinmeow** · 10-26-2007, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Skizo

Not to mention that stoi stepped down from BCG. May be coincidental, but just a thought.

WB has removed invites and may be implementing some huge changes to the tracker itself. I won't touch on those details though.

There has also been an influx of trackers wanting their reviews removed.

WB was acctually in the process of closing their signup/invites system about 2 months ago. They have been using & or working on, a similiar system to what TDC uses from what Wild has been telling me for a while.

TL has been in the process of disabling their invites for a while. If you recall a few weeks ago they had them closed and were actively banning a whole lot of traders/invite traders in heaploads.

Originally Posted by Skizo

Originally Posted by koolyt

ya. apparently the oink shutdown was the result of a 2-year-long investigation. took them that long to shut down one tracker..

It's called, collecting evidence.

2 yrs sounds about right. I remember when I had my visit they mentioned it takes even FBI TEAM an average of 2 yrs to collect enough info and catch even 1 scener. Think of all the proof they need/ as well as all the paperwork they have to push to get anything done.

**abitaamber** · 10-26-2007, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by AkaiDoresu

For me all the panic does not make any sense except TL.net case, since for me they were #1 biggest website that is pretty accessible. OiNK was raided because, there were people who actually made money out of music and were selling it to the public.

Oink was neither "selling music to the public", nor making money out of it. Get your facts straight.

**carinio** · 10-26-2007, 03:27 PM

pisexy too..

**Ali-g** · 10-26-2007, 04:35 PM

Grrr... I dont get y anysites would close inv. because of Oink shutdown.
I mean if the FBI or any of those others organizations were after an acc. at TL, or Pisexy or even at Uk-t I dont think theyd have a problem getting it

And since they werent opened today they probably have an acc. there, jst dont know how to use it