Austinist: Hots On: OiNK R.I.P.

snowfight

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:44:14 -0600

Thanks for the article because I miss Oink so dearly, it's really breaking my heart. My ratio was perfect!!!!

k

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:11:31 -0600

http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when-pigs-fly-death-of-oink-birth-of.html

Joel Nihlean

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:15:41 -0600

The RIAA made mistakes in the past decade or so. The never expected the future of selling records to change so much. The could not imagine a format change (mp3) that was so revolutionary as to change how music spread, changed hands and was consumed. Now they beat up on us consumers for being savvy. The problem now is that there is so much music out there and easily available that we now care less about the Top 40 trash they try to market. Yes, 12 year old MTV goons still eat it up and some segements of society always will but their share is down and again, they are not adjusting quickly enough to the changes and growing varieties of taste in music. Ho-hum. As a side note, I am a musician, I have three albums out and I am always flattered when I find it on P2P networks.

Jonathan Horak

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:23:53 -0600

Movies and TV shows were restricted from upload on OiNK.

matthew dewitt

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:59:17 -0600

You make a good point about torrent files; I didn't want to go into technical stuff, but I would assume that seeding a file counts as dissemination of copyrighted material, even if you're only providing 1/1000th of the file to downloaders. I bet they could even get you for a "conspiracy to commit copyright infringement" just for being a member, if they felt like it. With 180,000 registered members to deal with, that's not gonna happen, but whatever precedent is set should this thing go to trial is going to affect landmark changes in the way information is exchanged online.

CarlSpackler

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:46:55 -0600

You need a better understanding of the Torrent technology and of the issues with the RIAA in general. Your friends who uploaded albums should be worried about their Oink accounts, as right now all that info is in interpol's hands. If you upload complete files, you might have troubles with the law. Whereas with the Torrent technology, if you are seeding a file, you are never hosting a complete version of the file, thus are a little less legally culpable. Fortunately, right now the RIAA is not involved with the seizure of Oink, as it took place in Europe. The woman in Minny was using Peer to Peer file sharing, the most dangerous of all, and got smacked because of it. The RIAA is a gigantic bully that has been screwing over recording artists for years and now that they are becoming obsolete to the artists (see Radiohead), they are focusing on the listeners. They've already completely fucked over Internet Radio with outrageous costs to run a home-based internet stream. Then they go after a Single-Mom in Minnesota to show they could care less who they sue, absolutely disgusting. There's also the fact that major labels pay their artists a fraction of the profits from an album, therefore most artists make their revenue from live shows, merchandise and the like. The extinction of the Record Industry is a good thing for fans of artistry/innovation, while a bad thing for the pop music factory. Fortunately they still have people paying $.99 to vote on American Idol.