OiNK Uploaders Charged with Copyright Infringement

Today, after almost a year, the OiNK investigation came to an end. Earlier today we reported that OiNK administrator Alan Ellis was charged with "conspiracy to defraud". Now, just hours later the alleged uploaders are charged with copyright infringement for uploading one CD.

OiNK Pre-Releasers Accused of Conspiracy To Defraud Music Industry

It seems the music industry's desire to paint OiNK as a criminal network focused on the ruination of the music business, has so far led them to direct the police into arresting users who allegedly pre-released albums, i.e shared albums before their stated retail release date.

The Pirate Bay Cancels OiNK Replacement

Pirate Bay admin Brokep, who listed some of these alternatives on his blog a few weeks ago, noticed this as well and decided that BOiNK wasn't needed anymore.

OiNKs new piglets proof positive that Big Contents efforts often backfire

It took investigators two years to infiltrate and bring down UK-based OiNK, an invite-only music sharing site that was much loved by its smallish community. As we reported at the time, the IFPI and the BPI lauded the takedown as a major victory against piracy.

Trent Reznor and Saul Williams Discuss Their New Collaboration, Mourn OiNK

Spoken-word and hip-hop artist Saul Williams toured with Nine Inch Nails last year, and Trent Reznor liked him so much that he decided to produce his new album.

When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

For quite a long time I've been intending to post some sort of commentary on the music industry - piracy, distribution, morality, those types of things.