Record labels could sue OiNK founder
Whatever happened to the days when being found innocent of wrongdoing was the end of the matter? It doesn’t seem to work that way any more, especially when the aggrieved party is the music industry and the person they are chasing is an alleged pirate. In that instance, innocent seems to mean guilty.
A week ago, Alan Ellis was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the music industry. Ellis is the man behind the OiNK Web site, which facilitated illegal file-sharing on a private, invite-only basis. Ellis is claimed to have made $300,000 from donations to the upkeep of the site. When he won the criminal case against him he was set free and allowed to keep the money.
And that simply won’t do.
The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has expressed its displeasure at the verdict. As it would do. But the head of the music industry group vowed to get Ellis somehow, with John Kennedy telling The Guardian they’ll “find other ways of going about it,” as he “cannot sleep at night when that man has £200,000 sitting in his bank account.”
Seriously? You cannot sleep at night because of it? How sad. So go ahead and pursue a man acquitted in court. That’s the way to keep the public on your side.
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