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Authorities belay secret music pirates

IT WAS the music world's dirty little secret. An insider's website for music fans too shy to admit they download music illegally. But it came to an abrupt end yesterday.

OiNK, the invitation-only "insider's" file-trading hub was dramatically shuttered thanks to co-ordinated raids by British and Dutch Police.

The website specialised in "leaking" highly anticipated albums before their release dates.

Up to 60 high-profile albums are reported to have been leaked this year to an estimated 180,000 users around the world.

An unidentified 24-year-old from Middlesbrough, north-eastern England, accused of running the site was arrested during yesterday's raids, before being bailed last night. Further charges are expected to be laid, according to the BBC.

Blogs yesterday were clogged with OiNK users lamenting the site's demise and wondering if they will be prosecuted by authorities.

An American litigator wrote in a blog on the idolator.com site that users should be scared. "There are at least two reasons why this is not just your average, everyday, run-of-the-mill file sharing copyright infringement: this involves music that has not yet been commercially released, and money changed hands."

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/authorities-belay-secret-music-pirates/2007/10/24/1192941152529.html