Founder of Oink music piracy site 'had $300,000 in bank'

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A man who ran an illegal pirate music site which allowed 21 million downloads had almost $300,000 in his bank account when police raided his home, a jury heard today.

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Quelle: Founder of Oink music piracy site 'had $300,000 in bank' - Times Online

Idiots.So what if he had money?LOL.Hello!He made oink, one of the best music trackers that ever existed.If he had a great ideea then why not make some too out of it.It's not like he ripped users of money because you could get invites by having a good userclass too.It's nothing compared to SCT

This is the prof that popular tracker admins gain a lot from their trackers.

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This is the prof that popular tracker admins gain a lot from their trackers.

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Hm... maybe... he was working and earned the money o.O?

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Hm... maybe... he was working and earned the money o.O?

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Maybe..:eek13: though I doubt that.

How could he be earning that money from the site though? Through donations from all the years? advertisement or distributing music uploaded on the site.

its already mentioned in the article

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but by invitation only, and to be able to propose a friend users had to pay a donation of at least £5.

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200 000 users

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Police found almost $300,000 in donations from around the world in several of Mr Ellis’s Paypal accounts

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Thanks for that. Didn't read the article properly

He had 300k in bank at the time. Doesn't mean he got it all from donations, but it could mean he used some as well. But what does it matter, he created one of the best trackers of all time, which spanned across 5 years.

I personally hope the trial goes well, and that some of the jury members are pirates :P

How rich do you think the SCT former admins are now?