Oink.cd Website Operator May not be Prosecuted
26th Oct 2007
Alan Ellis, from the UK, was arrested on Tuesday for operating the website Oink.cd before it was closed down for alleged copyright infringement is now on bail.
He has now spoken out and said his site, since it only provided links for downloading illegal material, was the same as a search engine.
"If Google directed someone to a site they can illegally download music, they are doing the same as what I have been accused of. I am not making any OiNK users break the law. People don't pay to use the site.”
"I haven’t done anything wrong," he declared in an interview following his release. "I don’t believe my website breaks the law. They don’t understand how it works."
Ellis who has not been prosecuted worked for Virgin Media in Stockton-on-Tees until his arrest, what is interesting is that under UK laws Legal experts are questioning whether Ellis can be prosecuted at all.
Source: digitalspy.co.uk
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