A former OiNK user was arrested last week, TorrentFreak has learnt. The user, who was not identified, was later released on bail. More arrests are expected.
This news should concern a lot of us here, I’m going to assume. For one, if the police are involved, and not some anti-piracy watchdog like MediaDefender, it suggests that the post-OiNK investigations are criminal in nature (as opposed to civil).
Just as troubling, the arrested user’s crime was the seeding of a single album. A show of hands: how many of you are seeding at least one album right now?
Would now be the time to shutter Azureus for good? It would be prudent to wait for more information before taking any drastic measures, I think.
I have to learn a little more about it (like reading the actual story, when I get a chance), but have to assume there’s more to it than simply seeding an album.
Online rights are a tricky thing, and there’s no reasonable expectation for everyone to know all their rights online. Not yet anyways. Unless the website specifically informs you that your actions are in violation of the law, its got to be hard to file criminal charges against a random seeder.
Is copyright infringement a violation of state or federal law? Or both?
OK I went and read part of this and its in England. Viva V!