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Submission + - "Unlocked" a brand for DRM-Free Media (neurostechnology.com)

Submitted by

JoeBorn

on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @07:41PM

JoeBorn writes: "Neuros has created an 'unlocked' brand for open, standard DRM-Free files that it hopes will draw attention to the issues associated with the DRM Schemes promoted by the likes of MS and Apple. The idea is that by creating an open brand (free for other organizations or companies to use) "Unlocked" can come to designate a consumer feature, which would be an important asset in getting support from other manufacturers, as well as winning the public relations war that's so important in legislative battles."

Submission + - MPAA Forced To Take Down University Toolkit (livejournal.com)

Submitted by

bobbocanfly

on Monday December 03, 2007 @07:29PM

bobbocanfly writes: "An Ubuntu developer has succeeded in getting the MPAA to remove their "University Toolkit" after claims it violated the GNU GPL. After several attempts to contact the MPAA directly the developer eventually emailed the groups ISP and the violating software was taken down."

Submission + - MPAA's University Toolkit May Violate The GNU GPL (ubuntuforums.org) 1

Submitted by

bobbocanfly

on Sunday November 25, 2007 @10:56AM

bobbocanfly writes: "It seems in a new level of hypocrisy the anti-piracy goons at the MPAA created a tool for spying on University students' computer activities called "University Toolkit", which they are heavily promoting to University administrators across the USA. The tool is actually a modified version of U/Xubuntu, and in fact doesn't change any of the default artwork. Against the terms of the GNU GPL no source code is provided on their website at http://universitytoolkit.org/
There would be reason to believe that they are at minimum violating Ubuntu's trademark, and likely also violating the GPL and thus committing copyright infringement or "piracy" as they like to call it.
Everyone knows this isnt the first time the MPAA has commited an alleged act of piracy. Remember the Forest Blog fiasco."

Submission + - Oink music sharing servers raided, Admin arrested

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @03:38PM

An anonymous reader writes: "The servers of OiNK.cd — one of the most popular private BitTorrent trackers — are raided and the admin, a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, is arrested." Oink is known for being a popular music sharing group. This shows why being popular is not always a good thing. http://torrentfreak.com/oinkcd-servers-raided-admin-arrested/

Submission + - OiNK.cd shutdown by IFPI, BPI

Submitted by

TheRequiem13

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @02:57PM

TheRequiem13 writes: "You can see the different descriptions of events and situation from various sources, but the jist of it is:

British and Dutch police shut down what they say is one the world's biggest online sources of pirated music Tuesday and arrested the Web site's 24-year-old suspected operator.
...
The IFPI said more than 60 major albums were leaked on OiNK so far this year, making it the primary source worldwide for illegal prerelease music.

The page left up is reminiscent of the EliteTorrents shutdown a couple of years ago."

Submission + - Music Sharing Site Oink Shut Down (mtv.com)

Submitted by

chancie

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @01:57PM

chancie writes: "The music file sharing website Oink has been shut down pending a criminal investigation. Currently on the site there is a threat to those who used Oink: "A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users". The site boasts the leaking of over 60 major pre-release albums."

Submission + - Oink.cd shut down by IFPI

Submitted by Hatta on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @01:43PM

Hatta writes: A special message greeted some of the estimated 180,000 paid members of music file-sharing Web site OiNK.cd when they tried to access it on Tuesday: "This site has been closed as a result of a criminal investigation by IFPI [International Federation of the Phonographic Industry], BPI [British Phonographic Industry], Cleveland [U.K.] police and the Fiscal Investigation Unit of the Dutch police, into suspected illegal music distribution. A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users."

Submission + - OiNK is taken down by Interpol, admin arrested 2

Submitted by QuietR10t on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @12:53PM

QuietR10t writes: Scott Gilbertson from Wired raises an interesting point: "However, there is one interesting quote in the IFPI's press release. Jeremy Banks, head of the IFPI's Internet Anti-Piracy Unit, says in the press release: "OiNK was central to the illegal distribution of pre-release music online. This was not a case of friends sharing music for pleasure. This was a worldwide network that got hold of music they did not own the rights to and posted it online." (emphasis mine)

The IFPI seems to be making a distinction of scale between professional piracy groups and friends sharing files, even if, so far as I know, copyright laws in Britain (and the U.S.) make no such distinctions."
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/10/oink-is-the-lat.html

There are also rumors of investigation into users, but with 180k users I'm not sure they would know where to start.

Submission + - Pigs say, no more OiNK!

Submitted by tMav on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @12:25PM

tMav writes: Today, eager music lovers all over the world woke up to discover that the popular BitTorrent tracker OiNK has been shut down. The BBC News is reporting the raid and the site now responds only with the increasingly familiar message:

"This site has been closed as a result of a criminal investigation by IFPI, BPI, Cleveland Police and the Fiscal Investigation Unit of the Dutch Police (FIOD ECD) into suspected illegal music distribution.

A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users.

Submission + - OiNK Raided by Pigs!

Submitted by t-bone on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @11:19AM

t-bone writes: Dutch and British police have shut down OiNK and raided the home and workplace of its founder as well as the hosting center. There is an ominous warning at the OiNK.cd site now as well. More info at Reuters

Submission + - Oink.cd shutdown

Submitted by

1gkn1ght

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @11:16AM

1gkn1ght writes: "Looks like the long running P2P music sharing site Oink.cd has finally been shutdown. Going to their site gives you this message.

"This site has been closed as a result of a criminal investigation by IFPI, BPI, Cleveland Police and the Fiscal Investigation Unit of the Dutch Police (FIOD ECD) into suspected illegal music distribution.

A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users"

Submission + - Oink Bittorrent Tracker raided and Admin Arrested (techwag.com)

Submitted by

bubblah

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @10:54AM

bubblah writes: "In what is sure to be a solid case of Deja Vu, this time the owner of Oink.cd a bittorrent tracker finds that the servers are confiscated, and he is in jail. Hot on the heels of Demonoid, then TV-Links, now it is Oink that finds itself shutdown, and the admin arrested. As the major sites where people get media continue to face growing and continual pressure over illegal content, users will find themselves with fewer and fewer options. It also means that there will be more reliance on those sites that are still up and running like Pirate Bay and Stage 6. http://techwag.com/index.php/2007/10/23/another-pirate-site-gets-raided-this-time-is-it-oink/"

Submission + - Oink goes down!

Submitted by 4nick8 on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @10:36AM

4nick8 writes: Oink, the world's favourite private bittorrent music community, has been raided and it's owner arrested. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7057812.stm

Submission + - World's Biggest Pirate Music Site Shutdown (breitbart.com)

Submitted by

Mike

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @10:33AM

Mike writes: "The world's largest pre-release pirate site "OiNK" was shutdown in a raid on Tuesday according to British and Dutch police. Interpol-coordinated raids followed a two-year investigation by the British Phonographic Industry and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry bodies. "This was not a case of friends sharing music for pleasure. This was a worldwide network that got hold of music they did not own the rights to and posted it online", said Jeremy Banks, head of the IFPI's Internet anti-piracy unit."

Submission + - P2P Source Arrested, OiNK.cd Raided, Shut Down (torrentfreak.com)

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @10:28AM

eldavojohn writes: "A British man was arrested who was allegedly the source of a distribution supply chain for leaking albums & movies to file sharers. He operated OiNK which was by invite only and would post files to be distributed which would then show up hours later further down the supply chain on other file sharing sites. This scheme stretched across many nations and is the result of a two year investigation by the IFPI. They hope that by infiltrating these layers of abstraction to the source, they can stop the early leaking of media."

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