OiNK Admin's Bail Extended for 4th Time, Charges Dropped Against 2 'Pre-Releasers'

[Jorge]

Proves that British police are having a tough finding what charges to file in a case that the Crown Prosecution Service calls a "highly-complex" case.
OiNK, the long shuttered music-oriented BitTorrent tracker site, made the headlines once again with news today that bodes well for cases against both the site's former Admin, Alan Ellis, as well as the handful of "pre-releasers" who uploaded albums to the site well ahead of their official release date.
This makes the 4th time that bail has been extended for Ellis. The initial deadline for them to finish gathering evidence and to decide whether or not to bring charges was December 21st of LAST YEAR.
The case is centers around two charges: conspiracy to defraud and infringement of copyright.
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[audioboss]

The only thing that this delays prove is that the legal system has difficulty circumventing the common rights of "Fair Use" by the consumers.

What evidence are they looking for? The "infringed materials" that millions of users already own and are "fairly" being traded across the Net. I guess they just have to subpoena all the Computer users across the globe to accomplish this. I guess we are all "conspirators".

[kippies]

Isnt the first time and not be the last- remember the german busts of admins of BT sites? No charges were ever brought :icon_thum

Those with long memories will remember bardoid getting busted (scottish BT admin) , the case eventually just disapeared as far as I know- though I havent seen BD in years

Truth be told the authorities know these cases will never see court,its about harrasment to get the site down in the first place count as a win on the RIAA's radar

If you are a pre releaser in America chances are you may see a court- other than that keeping a low profile for a bit seems to make the heat go away