Kill the Pig!

Over on the Guardian, what with their proper journalists and that, they’re reporting on legal harassment and prosecution of Oink. Oink was a members only website for torrent sharing with strict rules about leechers and that, with an invite only membership. I’m not sure what brought it to the authorities attention other than that it’s based in England and therefore under the insane British legal system, despite which it is far from obvious that Oink was in any way a criminal operation. This follows on from the multiple other attempts to harass torrent tracking websites world wide. Interpol was amongst the many agencies involved in shutting the site down. There have been several attempts to sully the waters surrounding Oink, with police sources in the UK lying about the (actually normal) levels of pre released material on the site. All in all its a crap little development. Founder was in court today- case adjourned.

ps I yoinked the photo from tiny mix tapes. I wouldn’t normally mention it, just its a great website.