OiNK Uploaders Sentenced to Community Service

[anon]

After months of delay, four users of the popular BitTorrent tracker OiNK have been sentenced to community service and payment of court costs. One uploader and Alan Ellis, the administrator of the site, are still awaiting their day in court.
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Four of the uploaders plead guilty at Teesside Crown Court last December, where they were all charged with copyright infringement offenses. The four have now been sentenced.

Steven Diprose was sentenced to 180 hours community service, and has to pay £378 in Court costs. Michael Myers was ordered to pay a £500 fine. Mark Tugwell has to undertake 100 hours community service and has to pay £378 Court costs. The fourth uploader, James Garner was sentenced to 50 hours community service and also has to pay £378 Court costs.

For one other uploader and OiNK admin Allan Ellis the wait continues. Their cases have been adjourned and they will appear before court in March.

OiNK Uploaders Sentenced to Community Service | TorrentFreak

[divlord]

they had been doing community service by uploading on oink.

[anon]

You could say so But that's not how the court saw it, it seems. At least the four uploaders (those that pleaded guilty on the December 2008 trial?) won't have to go through jail sentences, but the ultimate fate of the 5th one and Allan Ellis is not yet known. Really hope them the best.