OINK Probs???

oh...so i guess i've been clever right from the start.

2007-06-29 - DNS Problems

We apologize for the continuing DNS problems. You can get around this by adding our hostnames directly to your hosts file. Add the following lines to your \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file (the number of spaces between the IP and the name doesn't matter as long as there's at least one space (or tab):

85.17.40.69 tracker.oink.me.uk
85.17.40.70 irc.oink.me.uk
85.17.40.71 oink.me.uk

what if you're using a mac?

ah, I was finally able to get back on the site, and saw this in the forums:

"Temporary fix for Mac OS X, it requires some work in the Terminal. You need the admin password for your system for this. Make sure to enter all commands in bold correctly with the proper spaces and capitalization.

1. Open "Terminal" from your Applications / Utilities directory.

2. Type cd /private/etc and hit enter.

3. Time to edit the hosts file, we will use VIM for it, which is a text editor for the console. You also need root privileges to edit the file because it is read only for normal users.
Type sudo vim hosts and hit enter. You will be asked for your admin password, enter it and hit enter, then VIM pops up.

4. You will see the content of the hosts file, first few lines are comments with # in the front, then 3 entries, do NOT touch these. Navigate to the last line with your cursor keys and then to the right till the cursor is behind the localhost entry

5. Now you need VIM to go into edit mode, do this by hitting i

6. VIM is in insert mode now, hit enter for a new line and type
85.17.40.69 tracker.oink.me.uk

If you want you can add the following lines too, in case you encounter trouble with IRC or the website. Hit enter after each line for a new one
85.17.40.71 oink.me.uk
85.17.40.70 irc.oink.me.uk

7. Time to leave edit mode now, do so by hitting the escape key.

8. Back in viewing mode, now you need to save the file. You can do this by typing :w and hitting enter, VIM will tell you something like "hosts (number of lines) written".

9. Now you need to exit VIM. Type :q and hit enter, you will be back at the terminal.

10. Almost done, now you need to tell the OS to use the content of the new hosts file.
Type sudo niload -v -m hosts . < /etc/hosts and hit enter.
You will be asked for the admin password again, after that the hosts file will be parsed.

11. You're done, exit the terminal by typing exit and hit enter. Close the window.

Edit: To remove them again - follow the same steps, in step 6 delete the 3 added lines, then save the file, quit the editor. You can then either run step 10 or wait until your next reboot."

After step 3, I get "(my acct name)is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported."

Anyone know wtf?!

You have been banned from OiNK 30 days. You will be able to complete step three at the end of those 30 days.

If you aren't an administrator on yr Mac, you will be unable to sudo. Open System Preferences -> Accounts, and make sure that "Allow user to administer this computer" is checked under yr account.

The latter of these two comments was helpful. Thanks! (the first I suspect to be an amusing little jokelet).

new steely dan leaked

oh, also, if you've never saved something in your HOSTS file, all you need to do is open it with Notepad, paste the:

85.17.40.69 tracker.oink.me.uk
85.17.40.70 irc.oink.me.uk
85.17.40.71 oink.me.uk

in there somewhere and save it.

hahah is that all.

internet conniption averted.

i just leaked

just stopped working for me again, even with the host file info.

same here

ditto

I was kicked off for bad ratio. I got a new account, because it's so much easier (and there's so much more) than soulseek. It's tough keeping up a ratio though, because I very rarely have stuff with a good enough bitrate that isn't already uploaded. Although when my account went down, some rare Intersystems stuff left and the entire Oink community was the worse for it.

(and there's so much more) than soulseek

haha no

you don't have to upload new "stuff" to get keep your ratio up

Anyone know what's going on with Oink this weekend? I get the message "oink.me.uk could not be found. Please check the name and try again" Is that the above mentioned "DSN" problem or something else entirely? Hope it comes back soon!

I was kicked off for bad ratio. I got a new account, because it's so much easier (and there's so much more) than soulseek. It's tough keeping up a ratio though, because I very rarely have stuff with a good enough bitrate that isn't already uploaded. Although when my account went down, some rare Intersystems stuff left and the entire Oink community was the worse for it.

to everything you said: NO

Is that the above mentioned "DSN" problem or something else entirely?

It's the DNS issue. Do what it says upthread and it should work fine - or at least, it did me.

Thanks Wayward Johnny B! I also just read this:
http://torrentfreak.com/oink-is-alive-learn-how-to-access/
and that had some insight into the problem as well. Cheers.

new domain: oink.cd

New domain, and make sure to re-download your old torrents from the new site.

They got raided last night, I am hearing on the radio. :/

where were the servers located? the uk?

Yep.

So can oink users be sued or anything now they have access to email addresses and shit?

http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1779471.0.police_swoop_to_close_down_illegal_website.php

So, servers in Netherlands, rather.

http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20071023.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7057812.stm

Can they go after people for just being members of the site?

So what kind of oink googlers are we going to get in future, then?

Oink RIP I guess

invite?

TV Links got busted yesterday as well.

;__;

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3454/cryingeagle8oqil3.jpg

http://image.blingee.com/images14/content/output/2007/10/23/251737193_4b375d33.gif

OMG!

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_01/NetPedoR_468x331.jpg

Can they go after people for just being members of the site?

No, that's not of itself an offense anywhere I understand copyright law. But presumably most of the people who were members were also illegally violating copyright (boo! hiss!) Who knows what kind of logs they've got from the server in Amsterdam.

So where are we getting our music from now then? I've not gotta go back to fucking Soulseek have I?

Bah. Record companies should PAY these guys for promoting new music way more than most of their own promotional departments.

But no, they still stand by their old "prerelease music is teh evil" - guys, shutting down this one site is only going to help temporarily, because it doesn't address the underlying problem.

;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_;

o where are we getting our music from now then? I've not gotta go back to fucking Soulseek have I?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/media/pa_hmv_front_203.jpg

Both Oink and the IFPI are idiots.

fuck where am i going to get leopard from. d3m0n01d next?

I am seriously gutted about TVLinks.

You'll be able to get Leopard from Pirate Bay if you're not on any of the invite-only Mac trackers.

"first they came for belly button ring, and i said nothing..."

Prince to sue The Pirate Bay http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9814504-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs

yes, waffles ftw.

mmm i used to have an oink account, and i mailed waffles about it, with some proof included. never heard anything back from them. is it up and running?

you may want to check the waffles invites thread on I Rate Everything. just search ilx 'waffles invites'

Dear registered user of the site What.cd,

We have recently been investigating the activities of the users of the
site http://www.what.cd/ and we have found that this site exists for the
sole purpose of music piracy.

Pirating music is a criminal offence and we believe it should be obvious
to you that the results outweigh the benefits - hard working artists
won't be rewarded for their work and will stop producing music,
ultimately leading to a severely reduced selection of music both in the
shops and for download.

The RIAA had hoped that the disabling by the police of the large illegal
music site, Oink.cd, would stop a lot of people from engaging in piracy,
as they don't want to be seen as criminals. However, this appears to
not be the case, as two large new sites have sprung up in its place.

This email is the final warning to all of you who were members of
Oink.cd and are current members of What.cd. If we find you to be
committing any more criminal acts of piracy then we will have to press
charges against you, as representatives of the major record companies of
America.

Yours Faithfully,

The RIAA

That e-mail is fake as the day is long.
They've been getting hacked by a 14 yr old kid who spoofed the e-mail to say r1aa.org (by the way, the real r1aa's domain is registered as a .com) and what.cd members should change their e-mails, passwords and passkeys.

days are actually really short now

So it's fake in the Northern Hemisphere, you're telling us?

I knew someone would say that days are short now!

But yes, the e-mails are very very fake. since when is the r1aa "faithfully yours"? They are not faithful.

#9747 by (orphaned) at 2007-10-29 23:56:47 GMT
BS. Theres no way 8 songs is 28mb.

This is no doubt a transcode.

God I miss OiNK...

#9751 by (orphaned) at 2007-10-30 00:05:43 GMT
I downloaded the first file, it shows up as 128k.

THIS IS A PIECE OF SHIT AND I CAN'T EVEN REPORT IT.

THIS TORRENT SUCKS DICK AND SO DOES THIS SITE.

#14546 by SevenTwo (n00b) at 2007-11-14 01:18:18 GMT
Ah man...bad quality..

#17263 by IloveRedBull (n00b) at 2007-11-23 14:36:53 GMT
terrrrriiibbblleee quality...

#20843 by twostoned (Power User) at 2007-12-11 00:25:00 GMT
RIP OiNK
28/09/07

haha where is that from

comments from a torrent on stmusic.0rg

what.cd is sweet

really?? stmusic is kinda sucky.

yah its just like oink only not quite as big yet

(invite?) (lol asking for torrent invite on ilx)

i dont have any yet - but i did get mine by begging on torrent site message boards

Still building their case:

http://torrentfreak.com/oink-bail-extend-080204/

ugh... would it really kill these people to buy a fucking cd/record every now and then?

the thing is, they want every cd/record. kind of expensive for most OCD music "fans"

Starting to arrest seeders

http://torrentfreak.com/british-police-confirm-oink-arrests-080602/

Watch out, Trent R.!

wowz

Blimey.

uhhhhhh

lol oink probs, oink, like a pig, like swine flu, oink.

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1981/295wfu95001351ym0.gif

No OINK Probs.

Music file-sharer 'Oink' cleared of fraud