Oink ~ Not Guilty.

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Originally Posted by TrollinThunder

Why did they charge him with that instead of copyright claims? I'm not sure, but I have a feeling they were trying to impose a harsher punishment than would be otherwise available. Also, indirect or secondary copyright claims (facilitating copyright infringement by offering a website is different than actually hosting them) are a bit harder to prove and does not carry a real heavy penalty. Fraud generally offers trebled (tripled) financial damages and of course jail time.

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At present there is no possible charge of facilitating copyright infringement under UK criminal law.

good news for oink, but i feel this is only the beginning for movie makers... sorry independant copyright organisations :rolleyes: taking action against online filesharers. Should be an interesting future :(

Good job !

Good news :)

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Originally Posted by Duckater

I wonder if he will now try and get compensation for lost revenue since oink was closed down

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But wouldn't that constitute profiting from the tracker if he claimed that he "lost revenue"?

Happy for him and for piracy!! Yawn!!

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Originally Posted by Kwb

Happy for him and for piracy!! Yawn!!

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Yawn?!!! :huh:

We should be celebrating a victory here. The tides have been pushed back in our favor.

Take joy and be merry, or Mary (your choice)- but either way CELEBRATE!

This Is great news, and great times head for being a pirate :whoosh:

I'm curious - Does this mean that oink will be returning?

I'm celebrating. I made this flag as part of my Avy for this site, please feel free to use it, modify it, w/e. Enjoy!

http://i47.tinypic.com/23htyr6.jpg

As a matter of trivia...the "V" is taken from an original WWII victory flag. :) Found here