thomas Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Source Following the bust of the OiNK BitTorrent tracker, most of its 180,000 members are keeping their heads down and trying to stay inconspicuous. However, Trent Reznor, frontman of Nine Inch Nails isn’t worried: “I had an account there” he said. “it was like the world’s greatest record store.”The driving force behind the Nine Inch Nails isn’t frightened of talking about file-sharing. Back in May 2007 he admitted to sharing himself: “I steal music too, I’m not gonna say I don’t” he said. Now Trent has gone public and admitted where he did a lot of sharing - OiNK. In an interview with New York Entertainment he sent his clearest pro-sharing stance yet. When asked what he thought about OiNK being shutdown, he had this to say: “I’ll admit I had an account there and frequented it quite often. At the end of the day, what made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world’s greatest record store. Pretty much anything you could ever imagine, it was there, and it was there in the format you wanted.” Everyone knows that OiNK was free to use and this fact was backed up by Trent: “If OiNK cost anything, I would certainly have paid, but there isn’t the equivalent of that in the retail space right now.” Leveling criticism at professionals who are failing to make a better job of music distribution than OiNK and failing to create a brand which people like to be associated with, Trent explained: “iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don’t feel cool when I go there. I’m tired of seeing John Mayer’s face pop up. I feel like I’m being hustled when I visit there, and I don’t think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc.” Trent says he prefers Amazon to iTunes but says none of them address the issue of pre-release leaks, calling it a ‘difficult puzzle’. “If your favorite band in the world has a leaked record out, do you listen to it or do you not listen to it?” The quality uploaders at OiNK get a mention too: “People on those boards, they’re grateful for the person that uploaded it — they’re the hero. They’re not stealing it because they’re going to make money off of it; they’re stealing it because they love the band.” Underlining the fact that sometimes people pirate because they aren’t getting what they want from the music labels, Trent finishes up: “I’m not saying that I think OiNK is morally correct, but I do know that it existed because it filled a void of what people want.” And what people seem to want is OiNK replacement sites - and that’s what they seem to be getting. Need any invites Trent? I found this a great little read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Someone give me an invite to waffles.fm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share Posted November 3, 2007 Someone give me an invite to waffles.fm Both waffles.fm and what.cd are getting ddos attacked, and since they are new small servers they can't combat the traffic very well. Have either been up at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impact Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 i use demonoid now.. is there ANYTHING as good as OINK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impact Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 i just found out.. the pirate bay is going to have a replacement site for oink, called BOiNK.cd its going to be up within a week. http://backseatsandbar.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/boinkcd-the-pirate-bay-to-replace-oink/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I posted the info about BOink the other day. It won't be as good, because it'll be a public tracker. The ability for people to be banned because of bad uploads is what made oink great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadetapplesauce Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 i'm not surprised by trent's stand at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfedaykinx Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 i love this man more and more every time i read something about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 personally i dont really get it. at least for me part of the joy in a rare recording is hunting down a physical copy of it. oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I think Trent is a pretty rad dude, but I totally agree with Flood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 personally i dont really get it. at least for me part of the joy in a rare recording is hunting down a physical copy of it. oh well. yeah but if you have rare vinyl and you want it on your computer and you have nothing to convert your vinyl to your computer, how are you gonna get it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Someone give me an invite to waffles.fm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 personally i dont really get it. at least for me part of the joy in a rare recording is hunting down a physical copy of it. oh well. yeah but if you have rare vinyl and you want it on your computer and you have nothing to convert your vinyl to your computer, how are you gonna get it there. stereos have line outs, computers have line ins. its not rocket science bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 It's fine when Trent is encouraging people to steal HIS music, but encouraging people to steal from others is lllaaammmeeesssaaauuuccceee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faith Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 i didn't read anything about him actually ENCOURAGING anyone to steal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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