Comments on: OiNK http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/ Digital Entertainment and Piracy - from freetards to freeconomics. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:30:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Gino Green Global http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3591 Gino Green Global Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:04:40 +0000 http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3591 >_<. Oink was amazing.. it has so much undiscovered music. What a shame! >_<. Oink was amazing.. it has so much undiscovered music. What a shame!

]]> By: geoffreyking http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3590 geoffreyking Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:30:45 +0000 http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3590 I didn't know much about OiNK, but I had slightly heard of it. Then it came on the TY news today. From what they said about how it operated, it sounds like it was pretty vulnerable. It sounds a lot like the way the original Napster worked. I've no doubt someone somewhere will set up something similar, and that will get closed down, and somebody else will set up something else, and so on. It's a never-ending game of cat and mouse. If they ever work out a way to close down Usenet then I'll really get worried! I didn’t know much about OiNK, but I had slightly heard of it. Then it came on the TY news today. From what they said about how it operated, it sounds like it was pretty vulnerable. It sounds a lot like the way the original Napster worked.
I’ve no doubt someone somewhere will set up something similar, and that will get closed down, and somebody else will set up something else, and so on. It’s a never-ending game of cat and mouse.
If they ever work out a way to close down Usenet then I’ll really get worried!

]]> By: Nipples http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3588 Nipples Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:47:24 +0000 http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3588 I agree with the above poster. I've been able to get albums no_longer_available_what_so_ever solely due to oink, aswell as getting introduced to so many artists whom I've then supported by buying albums and going to live performances - artists I would have never heard of if it wasn't for oink. 99% of the music industry makes squat from album sales, they're solely a means to get their music heard. So unless your a I-sold-my-soul-to-corperate-satan-to-get-on-the-top-50 (who make up 1% of artists), the real money artists make is from live performances. The only reason the government gives two shits about piracy is because multi-million-dollar record companies are losing money due to it, not the artists themselves. Record companies dug their own grave by screwing over artists like Tool, and leaning on musicians too heavily to create a more 'sellable' sound. The internet is the music distribution of the future, and don't tell me Apple or whatever are providing a good alternative to piracy, I'm maticously anal about quality, and 128kbps just doesn't cut it, not by a LONG shot. RIP oink - you will be missed. I agree with the above poster. I’ve been able to get albums no_longer_available_what_so_ever solely due to oink, aswell as getting introduced to so many artists whom I’ve then supported by buying albums and going to live performances – artists I would have never heard of if it wasn’t for oink. 99% of the music industry makes squat from album sales, they’re solely a means to get their music heard. So unless your a I-sold-my-soul-to-corperate-satan-to-get-on-the-top-50 (who make up 1% of artists), the real money artists make is from live performances. The only reason the government gives two shits about piracy is because multi-million-dollar record companies are losing money due to it, not the artists themselves. Record companies dug their own grave by screwing over artists like Tool, and leaning on musicians too heavily to create a more ’sellable’ sound. The internet is the music distribution of the future, and don’t tell me Apple or whatever are providing a good alternative to piracy, I’m maticously anal about quality, and 128kbps just doesn’t cut it, not by a LONG shot.

RIP oink – you will be missed.

]]> By: Oscar http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3587 Oscar Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:37:14 +0000 http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3587 What a tragedy, Oink was a lovely place, oink oink.. Lot's of narrow music genres and a good community, let's hope the servers were encrypted and all evidence useless. What a tragedy, Oink was a lovely place, oink oink..

Lot’s of narrow music genres and a good community, let’s hope the servers were encrypted and all evidence useless.

]]> By: Dutchy http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3586 Dutchy Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:33:06 +0000 http://piracy.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/oink/#comment-3586 This is a disgrace. Oink was the core of my much enjoyed eclectic musical taste. If it wasn't for Oink - I would not have tasted the groove's and sounds of so many unappreciated artists. There was alot more to Oink other than "obtaining unreleased albums". This is a disgrace.

Oink was the core of my much enjoyed eclectic musical taste.
If it wasn’t for Oink – I would not have tasted the groove’s and sounds of so many unappreciated artists.

There was alot more to Oink other than “obtaining unreleased albums”.

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