CyberLaw Blog » Oink http://cyberlaw.org.uk A news resource for CyberLaw and Cyber-Rights issues from around the globe Sun, 06 May 2012 07:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 UK BitTorrent admin acquitted on fraud charge http://cyberlaw.org.uk/2010/02/07/uk-bittorrent-admin-acquitted-on-fraud-charge/ http://cyberlaw.org.uk/2010/02/07/uk-bittorrent-admin-acquitted-on-fraud-charge/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:06:50 +0000 admin http://cyberlaw.org.uk/?p=2546 UK 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.)

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(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

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(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

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