British people are as big fans of free music downloads as the rest of the world. However, the Brits have been lucky up to now because, while filesharing has received a lot of attention, there have not been any arrests or lawsuits related to filesharing and free music downloads. All that changed this week when six Britons were arrested for downloading music prior to its official release.

This marks the first instances of their kind in the UK. The six people used the now dead filesharing service OiNK. The six were arrested and then, strangely, released without charge.

While some reports have been stating that the six were arrested for downloading free music, it looks more likely that they were collared for uploading music. Free music download website OiNK has already shut down after its servers were located and wiped.

As of yet, further information about this yet has yet to be released. We’ll bring you more as we hear it.

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