An excerpt (16 chapter) from the book of the American journalist Stephen Witt "How music became free", dedicated to the history of the music industry, Internet piracy and the development of digital technologies On the popular tracker Oink and the arrest of its founder Alan Ellis ***OiNK. cd was the best-known private music torrent tracker, which often distributed albums of musicians not yet on sale. It was only possible to get there by invitation, which was difficult to get. The closure of OiNK has become a problem not only for ordinary users, but also for many music critics around the world who received fresh records thanks to this tracker.