The music industry has vowed to pursue a man cleared of criminal fraud charges relating to his BitTorrent tracker service through the UK’s civil courts.
Last week The Next Web reported that the founder of music tracking service Oink had walked free from a UK court cleared of conspiracy to defraud the music industry. Now the music industry has vowed to continue its pursuit of the man through other legal means.
Alan Ellis, founder of the file-sharing service and the first UK citizen to be charged with music piracy, walked free last week following a unanimous jury decision to clear him of fraud charges.
Now, John Kennedy of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has confirmed that his organisation is considering a civil action and, as reported in The Guardian, may even consider asking the Musician’s Benevolent Fund charity to write to Ellis requesting a return of the £200,000 he allegedly accrued from ‘donations’ to the service prior to its closure in 2007.
Whilst Oink did not itself host unlawfully copied material it acted as signpost for its members looking for sources of free ‘pirated’ material.
Kennedy claims that “the law is so out of touch with where life is these days”, adding that he “cannot sleep at night when that man has £200,000 sitting in his bank account,” suggesting that Oink story is not over yet.
When will the movie and music industry learn they need to embrace bit torrent websites and not be the big bad wolf
The popular BitTorrent tracker OiNK was shut down in a joint effort by Dutch and British law enforcement. Four users of the popular BitTorrent tracker have already been sentenced to community service, fines and payment of court costs, but the trial of admin Alan Ellis has now been moved to 2010.
Who gives a rats ass about a music industry representative's sleep deprivation, or conversely anyone's. It pisses me off when people confuse their personal emotional problems with relevant arguments. Grow up! It's stupid, childish en self-centered.
“” Kennedy claims that “the law is so out of touch with where life is these days”, adding that he “cannot sleep at night when that man has £200,000 sitting in his bank account,” suggesting that Oink story is not over yet. “”
The industry is so out of touch with where life is these days…
I think it’s a useful topics and helpful to all other People.
http://www.sleep-tunes.com
John Kennedy cannot sleep because he is waiting for Alan Ellis to come after him with a request for disclosure on how he and his team of ex-surveillance bodies gathered their background details on Alan Ellis and Oink. Data disclosure rules means that they are required by law to give Alan full details including stuff they may have deleted. There are laws about spying on people in private premises so IFPI may be on the receiving end. What if other IFPI targets ask for the same disclosure…?
I bet you are not sleeping Kennedy.
Another good sleep music site is here: http://www.sleep-music-store.com/