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Oink's Pink Palace (frequently written as OiNK) was a prominent BitTorrent tracker which operated from 2004–2007. Following a two-year investigation by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the site was shut down by British and Dutch police agencies. These music industry organisations described Oink as an "online pirate pre-release music club", whereas former users described it as one of the world's largest and most meticulously maintained online music repositories.[2] About a month before the shut-down, music magazine Blender elected Oink's creator, Briton Alan Ellis, to their The Powergeek 25 — the Most Influential People in Online Music list
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21 million downloads isn't really that many... don't some episodes of shows like Heroes get that many downloads alone?
Sounds like the authorities were just trying to go after the little guy on this occasion.

On a slightly unrelated note, the P2P File Sharing forum is up to 4994 posts. 6 away from 5000 :)
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