British music file-sharer cleared of fraud
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A 26-year-old man who ran Oink, the music-sharing site where users had to pay to invite a friend to join the service, has been found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud.
Alan Ellis was the first person in Britain to be prosecuted from illegal file sharing and, before he was caught, made up to £11,000 a month from the site.
Mr Ellis told the court there was no intention to defraud copyright holders.
He said the donations were to pay for the server's rental and any "surplus" would eventually be used to buy a server.
The site was set up in 2004 and by the time it was closed down in October 2007, it had facilitated the download of 21 million music files.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8461879.stm
Alan Ellis was the first person in Britain to be prosecuted from illegal file sharing and, before he was caught, made up to £11,000 a month from the site.
Mr Ellis told the court there was no intention to defraud copyright holders.
He said the donations were to pay for the server's rental and any "surplus" would eventually be used to buy a server.
The site was set up in 2004 and by the time it was closed down in October 2007, it had facilitated the download of 21 million music files.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8461879.stm
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