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This is all that remains of OiNK.cd, one of the most prominent music sharing sites on the web.  (Source: DailyTech)
Second UK-based piracy closure in less than a week

OiNK.cd, one of the largest BitTorrent destinations for music online, was shut down today in a joint investigation between Interpol, the IFPI, BPI and local authorities in the United Kingdom and Netherlands. Authorities arrested an unnamed 24-year-old man suspected to be the site’s owner, as well as raided his UK residence, the office of his employer, his father’s house, as well as numerous facilities in the Netherlands where the site was hosted.

Much like many of the fallen sites before it, OiNK.cd’s front page was changed to a single message written by an unidentified party: “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.”

Immediately following it is an ominous warning, informing visitors that “a criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users.”

According to the IFPI, OiNK was responsible for leaking 60 major pre-release albums in 2007, with an unspecified numbers of albums in years past. OiNK’s estimated 180,000 users financed the site via “donations” paid by credit or debit card, and in return the site continued to host a staggering number amount of music, much of it in high-quality FLAC format.

“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 IFPI spokesman Jeremy Banks. “Within a few hours of a popular pre-release track being posted on the OiNK site, hundreds of copies can be found further down the illegal online supply chain.”

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About time
By helios220 on 10/23/2007 6:03:38 PM , Rating: 5
After the world wide drug use epidemic was crushed a few years back, oh and after all of the murderers and pedophiles in the world were caught, oh and after we eliminated domestic terror cells, oh and after... where was I again?

Anyway now that we took care of all of those problems I'm just glad that we can finally spend all of this money, time and resources on a worthy cause, eliminating the illegal distribution of music that is responsible for wrecking my car, sleeping with my wife, kicking my dog and my impotency.




RE: About time
By Christopher1 on 10/23/07, Rating: -1
RE: About time
By mdogs444 on 10/23/07, Rating: 0
RE: About time
By Adonlude on 10/23/2007 6:19:35 PM , Rating: 5
There is no such word as pedosexual just as there is no such place where you are considered socially acceptable or welcome.


RE: About time
By mdogs444 on 10/23/2007 6:22:55 PM , Rating: 4
Actually from what i just briefly read up on, there is a term called Pedosexual.

Pedophile is someone who is attracted to childrens.
Pedosexual is someone who is attracted to minors.

Either way, you are correct. That guy is a sick bastard, and there is no place in society for him - whether he was joking or being serious.


RE: About time
By Adonlude on 10/23/2007 6:42:22 PM , Rating: 5
Yes but the term Pedosexual is a word that these sickos are trying to coin as a legitimate sexual orientation. If you want to help legitimize something so deplorable by recognizing some twisted attempt at a politically correct term for them then... well, less power to you.


RE: About time
By mdogs444 on 10/23/2007 6:46:29 PM , Rating: 2
I absolutely agree with you, and dont think i was trying to legitimize a term. I only looked it up online because i had never heard the word before.

It appears that they think what they do is ok because their new term is supposed to show that they like "older children" instead of "younger children".

These people are absolutely sick. It honestly makes me nausious to think this person is under the impression that its ok to have thoughts about young kids like this.


RE: About time
By Trippytiger on 10/23/2007 11:53:00 PM , Rating: 3
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It honestly makes me nausious to think this person is under the impression that its ok to have thoughts about young kids like this.


I agree. All crimethink should be reported to the Thinkpol.


RE: About time
By mindless1 on 10/23/07, Rating: -1
RE: About time
By mdogs444 on 10/23/2007 7:45:41 PM , Rating: 3
quote:
Umm, did it ever occur to you that even you were probably attracted to minors, when you were a minor?


Yes it did, and anyone who calls themselves a pedosexual is not a minor.

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Until you have checked his ID to know his age, it's pretty silly to attack someone on the internet assuming you know their age.


According to some admins on this site, its not the first time he has made these comments.

Go ahead and defend the pedo's if you want, but I dont think you will be receiving very much backing on that.


RE: About time
By mindless1 on 10/23/2007 7:54:44 PM , Rating: 1
I disagree that anyone who calls themself a pedosexual is not a minor, necessarily.

Regardless, that does not make one a minor either, and since I have not been monitoring what he wrote I agree you could be right as this is not the kind of thing one would continually mention unless an unhealthy fixation rather than a natural attraction to peers one's own age.


RE: About time
By mdogs444 on 10/23/2007 8:02:19 PM , Rating: 2
There is a difference between someone who is, say for example, 16 yrs old liking a 15yr old - as that would be considered "normal".

Someone who is 25, 35, 45, 55, etc having those thoughts about someone who is 8, 10, 15, etc - is not considered normal. Its wrong, in every way, shape, and form.

And as a previous user stated on this topic, "Pedosexual" is a term that these sickos have created to try and coin a legitimate sexual orientation so that they dont have to fall under the "Pedophile" bracket. I had not ever heard that term before. Bottom line is that this person has openly admitted to be a pedophile (which as the term defines: they are of adult age, and targeting people not of adult age), and that is not accepted in this society, or any society, and should not be.


RE: About time
By themadmilkman on 10/23/2007 10:13:46 PM , Rating: 1
I don't condone this idea of "pedosexualism."

That said, you make the same argument against them that people make (or have made) against homosexuals.


RE: About time
By mdogs444 on 10/23/2007 10:22:03 PM , Rating: 2
My argument has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality.

Pedophiles commit crimes (or think about committing crimes) against children.

Homesexuals just want to "be with" someone of the same sex. Sure, some say that homosexual males like "little boys", but in a sense, that is not technically true. But lets not eliminate the fact that there are people who are both homosexual and pedophiles at the same time.

No one in society, except for the pedophiles, condone their activity, and in fact, everyone besides the pedophiles want to rid them of our society because its wrong and its a crime.

Not everyone is against homosexuality, including those who are not homosexual. The ones that are against it believe so because of religion, or because they deem it not to be morally accepted by them.

Homosexuality is something that some people accept, and some people do not accept. Pedophilia is something that is wrong on all accounts by all societies, and leads to crimes against children.


RE: About time
By themadmilkman on 10/24/2007 2:05:03 AM , Rating: 2
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My argument has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality.


No, but it echoes the same argument used by anti-homosexual groups.

quote:
Pedophiles commit crimes (or think about committing crimes) against children.


At one point homosexuality was illegal, or at least the activities involved with homosexuality (sodomy, etc.)

quote:
No one in society, except for the pedophiles, condone their activity, and in fact, everyone besides the pedophiles want to rid them of our society because its wrong and its a crime.


Laws can be rewritten, and very often are. And not every pedophile actively searches out sexual activity with minors. Do they think about illegal activities? Sure. But last I checked (and I'm fairly up to date on criminal codes) it's not illegal to personally contemplate a crime. To plan it with others? Yes. But if personally thinking about something was a crime, I'd be guilty of dozens of murders, thefts, embezzlements, and many other crimes.

So what's my point? I agree with you whole-heartedly that pedophilia is wrong. But your manner of arguing it is poor at best.


RE: About time
By gramboh on 10/24/2007 3:28:08 AM , Rating: 2
Very good post. First I'll state I'm obviously against pedophelia. However, I am not against people having the right to think whatever they want. It scares me how this topic always drags up morons throwing out blanket statements (usually about castration or murdering pedophiles, because it is 'illegal' -- pretty hypocritical thinking). Also it is scary to see people incapable of thinking about laws in a moral sense. E.g. people that refuse to budge on the issue of decriminalization of marijuana even when the benefits are proven (for some reason, this irrational view is widely held in the U.S. so I guess the government's marketing works).

Bleh, off-topic rant.


RE: About time
By mdogs444 on 10/24/2007 7:19:19 AM , Rating: 1
quote:
But your manner of arguing it is poor at best.

I think many would say that my manner of arguing this off topic pedophilia is dead on.

quote:
No, but it echoes the same argument used by anti-homosexual groups.

No one before you mentioned homosexuality, and no offense, its probably because you are homosexual and have had arguments made against you. However, I am not one who did that.

quote:
At one point homosexuality was illegal, or at least the activities involved with homosexuality (sodomy, etc.)

And many people dont care about homosexuality one way or the other , they just dont want to allow homosexuals to get married and/or raise kids.

quote:
And not every pedophile actively searches out sexual activity with minors.

Point being that are they mentally unhealthy for even having those thoughts. If they are unhealthy enough to have the thoughts, who says they will not act on them. Just because they have not acted yet, doesn't mean they wont.

quote:
Do they think about illegal activities? Sure. But last I checked (and I'm fairly up to date on criminal codes) it's not illegal to personally contemplate a crime. To plan it with others? Yes. But if personally thinking about something was a crime, I'd be guilty of dozens of murders, thefts, embezzlements, and many other crimes.

Big difference between theft and child rape. If you sit around and honestly ponder your murder thoughts as well, then you are sick too.


RE: About time
By themadmilkman on 10/24/2007 11:14:26 AM , Rating: 1
Do you not see how you're arguing? Here's the basic outline. It goes something like this:

1. I think something is wrong.
2. Because I think something is wrong, everyone agrees that it is wrong.

Honestly, do you have any backing to your arguments besides your own thoughts and what you've seen on Dateline? To what degree do people find "pedosexualism" wrong? If a 21 year old is dating a 17 year old who graduated high school early and has already left school, is that wrong? What if she hasn't graduated yet? What if he's 22? This is a very hard topic to draw a hard line as to what is right and what is wrong, and is entirely dependant on a person's own ethics and morals. While you try to say that people are adamantly against pedosexualism, I'm not sure the actual boundaries are that well defined.

And as to calling me a homosexual: I'm married (to a woman, thank you) and have two kids. I'm making these statements because I abhor the poorly made arguments that permeate the internet.