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Bust of music file-sharing site could spawn industry scandal

By George Lang Comments

Published: October 26, 2007

The squeal heard 'round the world came from Middlebrough, England, on Tuesday when British police and international authorities shut down OiNK and arrested its proprietor, a 24-year-old unidentified defendant. The file-sharing site formerly located at www.oink.cd allegedly leaked 60 major music releases in 2007 alone, and now, according to the cold, gray page displayed at the site's former URL, "a criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users.”

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