OiNK Down, Norwegian BitTorrent Trackers Next
 

With the BitTorrent world spinning on its heels after the shock takedown of the huge OiNK tracker, there are now indications that the shutdowns may continue. According to the lawyer who lost against ?DVD Jon?, next stop is Norway and raids are imminent.

Espen

Yesterday, the OiNK BitTorrent tracker was raided and shutdown, not by the MPAA but by real life, bona fide police, working hand in hand with industry association, the IFPI. The war against BitTorrent - usually played out on the civil law arena - has suddenly found itself in the criminal domain. The rules have changed.

With the whole BitTorrent community asking themselves what comes next, a clear indicator has come from a lawyer who works for the industry prosecuting file-sharers:

Norway is next and raids are imminent.

Espen Tøndel is a Norwegian lawyer well known for his legal defeat against ?DVD Jon?. He is currently working with the Norwegian branch of the IFPI and MPAA.

Tøndel says the Norwegian police are prepared and ready to carry out raids against Norwegian sites. Everything is in place.

When asked to identify the sites, Tøndel refused to elaborate other than to say that the investigation has been underway for some time and that enough names and evidence has already been gathered to make prosecutions in several cases.

When questioned about the possible fate of Norwegian members of OiNK specifically, nothing further was added other than to stress the close co-operation between British, Dutch and Norwegian police.

Tøndel also speculates on who might be prosecuted if the OiNK database is available to police. His thoughts range from suggesting people who upload and downloaded a lot might be in trouble, right through to ?random individuals?. Or maybe there is another possibility?

Maybe the police don?t have usable lists.

According to the article, a source has stated that the OiNK membership list was not only encrypted, but also equipped with a ?self-destruct? type mechanism which relied on a regular signal to continue in ?OFF? mode.

Although unconfirmed, this situation would be of some comfort to OiNK?s 180,000 members.
http://torrentfreak.com/oink-down-no...s-next-071024/

I can not think of one big norwegian torrent site...? Swedish yes, but no norwegian... But it would not surprise me if they go after big private uploaders. Who will get all their shit confiscated, then it fizzles down to nothing, maybe one lousy trial after 4 years. That's the way it works...

I cant think of any big norwegian torrent sites either, but it's a start, I hope they start going after the program owners that advertise on them aswell, I'd love to see those bottom feeders lose everything they own and sit in a cell gettin butt fucked by bubba for the next 10 years

bit cod must be it. lol

Any Norwegians that can shed any light on this?