Torrent site gets new life...
Daniel Melia

16:04 30th October 2007

Music bit-torrent site OiNK, which was recently shut down by British and Dutch police, is set to be re-launched as BOiNK.

The re-launch is being managed by fellow bit-torrent site The Pirate Bay, which was also once shut down.

They say that original OiNK users will have to re-upload their file torrents to the new site and hence fill up the new servers.

OiNK was shut down on October 23 after a joint operation between Interpol, Dutch and British police after a report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) claimed the site had leaked 60 pre-release albums in 2007 alone.

The site reportedly had up to 180,000 members and was run by Allan Ellis, a 24 year old IT consultant for Virgin Media.

The site has now been replaced by a picture of a plate of waffles which links through to a page that suggests alternatives to OiNK.