British & Dutch Authorities Shutter OiNK – Members Only File Sharing Network
After a two-year investigation, British and Dutch police shut down OiNK, a member’s only file-sharing site thatt specialized in pre-release albums. An estimated 180,000 members paid a membership donation via debit or credit cards for OiNK’s catalog of music and other media. Prerelease leaks have become one of the most damaging forms of piracy for the music industry, which relies on marketing hype to create demand for new...
RIAA Deploys Ninth Wave Of Pre-Litigation Letters To 19 Universities
Nineteen universities across the United States received a batch of the unsavory “pre-litigation letters” from the RIAA. The letters are part of the trade group’s controversal campaign for students to settle claims before they are named in a lawsuit for copyright infringement. This ninth wave of 411 letters bring the total sent to 3,740. The ongoing initiative comes as federal lawmakers continue to examine the state...
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