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UK BitTorrent admin acquitted on fraud charge
Sunday, February 7th, 2010UK BitTorrent admin acquitted on fraud charge: “
Happy as a pig in sh*t
Updated Alan Ellis, the former admin of music BitTorrent tracker OiNK, was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud by a Middlesbrough court today.…
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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)
Virgin Media to trial piracy-detection software
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Virgin Media to trial piracy-detection software: “For Alan Ellis, last week was a good one: he was acquitted of conspiracy to commit fraud. The prosecution had argued that the 26-year-old received at least £190,000 in donations to Oink, his filesharing website. Until Oink was shut down in 2007, it had, the crown claimed, helped 200,000 users illegally to download 21m copyrighted music tracks.
Music ‘piracy’ website founder acquitted of fraud
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Music ‘piracy’ website founder acquitted of fraud: A man accused of running a sophisticated music piracy website used by more than 200,000 members was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud today.
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