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BitTorrent Tracker Loses Lengthy Legal Battle
Founded in May 2005, Torrent.is was home to around 26,500 active users before the site was forced to go offline. The site only allowed Icelandic IPs to connect to the tracker and it was by far the largest and most famous private BitTorrent tracker in Iceland. The local anti-piracy lobby had also started to take notice of the BitTorrent tracker’s growing popularity and decided to take legal action.
Continue reading »IFPI wants another stab at OiNK
Squeeze owner till he squeals One of the world’s top music trade bodies warned today that the fight against UK BitTorrent tracker OiNK won’t end with the recent acquittal of its creator and administrator, Alan Ellis.…
Continue reading »Court Finally Declares Oink Admin Not Guilty of Fraud
OiNk Founder Set Free by UK Court Back in 2008 we brought to your attention the fall of the file sharing site OiNK and the arrest of its founder, 24-year old (at that time) Middlesbrough-based IT worker Alan Ellis. The case was back in the news this week as Allan Ellis was recently acquitted of the charge of conspiracy to defraud following the unanimous verdict of a jury at Teeside Crown Court. The surprising decision led to a wave of discontent among U.K.
Continue reading »ISP Stands Up For Torrent Site Owner’s Privacy
In conjunction with the local anti-piracy outfit Antipiratbyrån, three movie companies took legal action last year in an attempt to obtain the personal details of the owner of the SweTorrents BitTorrent tracker. They asked the Södertörn District Court to demand that TeliaSonera give up the information because SweTorrents was infringing on their copyrights. The application was made under the IPRED legislation introduced earlier that year, which was put in place to make it easier for copyright holders to track down and identify potential copyright infringers.
Continue reading »OiNK Admin Found Not Guilty!
Takes only 90 minutes for a UK jury in a unanimous decision to negate more than 4 years worth of work by the music industry and the prosecution, clearing Alan Ellis, former admin of the famed BitTorrent tracker site, of conspiracy to defraud. Alan Ellis, admin of the famed BitTorrent tracker site OiNK, and the first person to be prosecuted for illegal file-sharing in the UK, has been acquitted of conspiracy to defraud in a trial closely watched by file-sharers and the music industry alike. “Alan Ellis was unanimously declared not guilty,” reads a brief message on the site.
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