p2pnet - rss feed: UK’s www.tv-links.co.uk busted
p2pnet news | Movies:- “Welcome to TV Links, for your viewing pleasure we have compiled various links from the latest to some long forgotten TV shows, classics, films, documentaries and much more,” said www.tv-links.co.uk. “How much does this cost you? Nothing, its all Free of charge! Please sit back, relax and enjoy the show.”
“Said” in the past tense because the site has been taken down and a 26-year-old Briton arrested, “in connection with offences relating to the facilitation of copyright infringement on the internet,” says Guardian Unlimited.
Behind the bust was entertainment cartel pseudo cop organisation the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact), also known as Farcical Approaches to Copyright Transgressions.
The arrest and shutdown involved staff from the Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards, FACT “investigators” and Gloucestershire Police, says the story, failing to mention UK taxpayers funded the corporate copyright operation.
But the cooperation shouldn’t come as a surprise. As p2pnet noted last year, in Britain the entertainment and software cartels have in effect been given full police powers.
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For years the movie, music and software industries have been getting away with using scarce, taxpayer-funded police and other enforcement personnel as unpaid industry cops.
This has come about through an amazing PR triumph under which copyright infringement, a purely civil matter with no more than commercial implications, has been dressed up and made to look like major crime on a level with murder and robbery.
Wholly owned cartel ‘trade’ units such as the BPI have had to content themselves with merely ‘assisting’ in the ‘busts’ they’ve initiated. But now, unbelievably, “A police unit dedicated to combating movie piracy and those responsible for the manufacture and distribution of pirated films has launched in London …”
“In partnership with the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact), the new unit will pursue individuals and groups profiting from the sale of fake DVDs.”
And the British public will be paying for it.
Meanwhile, Fact says TV Links was a “major target” in a “campaign to crackdown on web piracy”.
TV Links ‘users’ were, “potentially evading licence fees, subscription fees to digital services or the cost of purchase or admittance to cinemas to view the films,” Guardian Unlimited has Fact mouthperson Kieron Sharp saying.
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UPDATE:
Also see www.tv-links.co.uk, criminal linker
Also See:
Guardian Unlimited - Major pirate website shut down , October 19, 2007
p2pnet - UK’s new anti-pirate police, February 23, 2007
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October 20th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Damn, that’s why it was down. I used to use TV-Links to watch tv shows and documentaries if they where taking to long to download in BitTorrent. The quality was lo res for about 90% of videos anyway and most of the documentaries where from google video so why don’t they file a law suit for google, oh wait they’r a huge corporation and they can do what they want without question.
October 20th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Fuck the NWO and all its cronies
October 20th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Umm uh i think thats stupiiidd
its fine though
there should be plenty of other free sites out there
and ironically google is one of the best and most famous and yet theyre not in trouble?
have fun googling
because thats what youll have to do to find a site as good as that one
October 20th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
If your looking for other sites like TV-links, you can find the Top 25 sites like tv-links here;
http://blog.buttermouth.com/2006/10/top-25-sites-to-watch-free-movies-and.html
October 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Ok .. fine!
Take the TV shows .. I buy what I want to see and keep on DVD..
Movies? .. make a decent one and I will go and see it
Cartoons … feh! ..
Anime.. I order mine direct .. AFTER I see it someplace like this
Documentaries.. the same .. If I can see it someplace like this and see if it is what I want then I go and buy it.
It is just sad …
Well I guess I still have Pandora (pandora.com) to find music I like … that is until they shut it down.
October 20th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
this is so stupid… they should shut down the websites that are hosting these contents
October 20th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
All they do is link to all the videos that host it, they host nothing…
October 21st, 2007 at 2:24 am
Tv links didn’t host any video content whatsoever. It has been shut down, but the sites it linked to (youtube, dailymotion, stage6) are still up. So now linking to possibly pirated content is a harsher crime than hosting it.
Lets put this into perspective. If you give directions to the pub to a kid who asks, then the kid gets served because the bartender never asked for proof of age…. YOU go to jail while the bartender just gets a fine and continues to work at the pub. What a wonderful age we live in.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:05 am
damm thats why its down…just prooves that everyone gets caught eventully….prety bullshit tho they diddnt host anything realy
October 21st, 2007 at 7:06 am
why dont they take on google?…oh thats right because google is a massive corperation and will rape anything with money and lawyers that gets in there way….what and age we live in ..
October 21st, 2007 at 8:00 am
and linked content on the BBC, NY Times, etc etc etc……..the list goes on and on. When double standards as blatant as these are at play, it is clear that such measures clearly exist to scare the lower end of the ladder.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:09 pm
I really enjoyed tv-links.co!!! While I can appreciate the need for artist to get paid for their work, I dont see how shutting down a FREE site helps stop piracy. Here in the US (Tennessee) a person can go to a local flea market and there are THOUSANDS of pirated tapes and disks! Why dont they go after these people. To me, tv-links was the same as having a friend tape a show for you. Tv links.co ’s only offense was not making mega-bucks.
TO ALL WHO WATCHED TV LINKS: I SHARE YOUR PAIN!
October 21st, 2007 at 4:23 pm
TV-links was hosted in the Netherlands, so how can the UK authorities take it down?
October 21st, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I think that this is absolutely ridiculous. I run a site similar to tv-links (housemdvideos.com) and all they did was link to the content, similar to what i do. They don’t go after the hosts but after the middle man! Ridiculous. Anyway, every time they shut down a site like this 3 more will pop up anyway. They are trying to fight something that isnt going away. Embrace it, don’t fight it.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Bastards
October 21st, 2007 at 6:40 pm
and here i thought something was wrong with my computer… that is really peaty, the government is so bored that they merely occupy time by by fighting things that are so inconceivable…. either get a real job or catch the real criminals… why is the public paying you guys???
tv links forever!!!
October 21st, 2007 at 7:13 pm
I think that with sites such as thease there should be backups of everything, so incase it dose get shut down, another can pop up again from a differnt Host/location …. VIVA LA TVLINKS + All other sits like it!
Oh and im GLAD google is so big and powerfull, i love google and feel like they do nothing but help society. I hope they last forever.
fuck the gov. and there conservative bullshit.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:21 pm
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I really don’t think the site owner was the main target. I mean think about it there are tons of places that give links to other places. Are they going to arrest them? No… What would he have that is so important, is it a threat to national security? Seriously (FACT) (Federation against Copyright Theft) is set up to catch those who are really breaking the law. My guess is the people who pay them to sit around suddenly thinks that they are not doing their job, and start demanding action so in turn they go for the simple things with no real reason or the established facts. They lead a raid on one person that all he was doing was providing links to sites I can find just about anywhere else. The net is a very large place and it’s too simple to find things. May be they were mad the he didn’t provide a link to the “Star War’s charismas special”.
October 21st, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Luin you no what you might actually be right they dindt provide a link the the Star War’s Christmas Special
BRILL
October 21st, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Wow if there cracking down on people who are not really responsible, Then maybe they should stop the people who sell blank dvd, and recordable dvd players and arrest everyone in the world who burn dvd movies.
October 21st, 2007 at 9:53 pm
FUCK FACT
October 21st, 2007 at 10:20 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy many people pay a tax for media and devices that could be used for piracy
October 21st, 2007 at 11:24 pm
TV-links was hosted in the Netherlands, so how can the UK authorities take it down???
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:15 am
So if we pay the tax. Does that mean that we are entitled to nothing? If a person copies his/her own movie that he/she paid for… Correct me if I’m wrong but that’s illegal? What are we entitled to if we do pay the tax on what we buy. EX: A computer I’m sure about half or most of the population know what they can do with a computer. It has changed our views on life by what and how creative a person can get with it like: art, music, video, culture in general. As for a people who just plain think there better than everyone else telling us what to do with it makes me think I’ve become a robot and will live my days contributing to the world and nothing else because that’s all I am here for. This is going to be another Napster. I liked TV Links because in the end I want the videos that I see on DVD. So I thank TV Links because I bought a few DVD’s to add to my collection. Then ill make illegal copies for my self of the original and watch the copies instead of messing up the original also to keep my self from spending pointless amounts of money buying new ones. Just wished there was more places to watch the Movies/TV shows before I buy it at least. I won’t make the same mistake again… cough “Mars Attacks”…
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 am
Because they can… and your going to like it…
just playing
October 22nd, 2007 at 1:16 am
This is total B.S. Most of what I saw on TV-Links was old shows that don’t get played on TV anymore. Not to mention being a middle man. Damn big brother and his being a goon for Big Media!
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:47 am
Let them know what you think directly, email the crap out of them:
contact@fact-uk.org.uk
website
http://www.fact-uk.org.uk/index.htm
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:39 am
that would explain why i couldn’t get on there. this sucks most of the stuff i watch i’m watching to see if i do like it before i buy or go see it and the other stuff i watch because it’s not on dvd or tv. if i watch something i like i will generally go buy it. sites like this provide consumers with a means to try something they normally wouldn’t without the risk of spending money to find out they hate it. for instance i was bore one day looking at tv-links and decided out the blue that i would watch a couple of episodes of buffy. i now own every season of buffy on dvd but i never would have even thought about buying them without tv-links. why don the spend time fighting crimes that really matter.
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:02 am
I’m in the majority here in thinking it’s ridiculous.
Limewire and Kazaa still operate (though they’re so pregnant with viruses at this point it’s really a 1 in 10 chance of getting a ‘clean’ download from them). All the content that Tv-links linked to is still out there for people to watch. It’ll just take people longer to find it. Wal-Mart sells blank DVD’s and CD’s for $10.00 for a stack of twenty. Eventually, once physical media is eliminated entirely (in my opinion this will happen in the next few decades), they’ll realize there’s no way to stop “pirating” from happening. Frankly, I consider it karmic payback; how many CD’s and DVD’s have I payed -way- too much for that turned out to be crappy? How many -thousands- of dollars? I don’t want a 10 second preview of the first three songs, I don’t want a review on Itunes, and I don’t want a lecture about how I’m ’stealing.’ Tv-links was an obvious target. But rest assured another, more conspicuous version will rise, and take its place. As they get more and more aggresive the net gets more and more nebulous and people think up more ways to get around their anti-infringement technology. It’s the war on Drugs/Terror all over again… only this time nothing is at stake except the billions of dollars of a bloated industry that produces mostly garbage anyway (the media industry in general.) I’ll miss tv-links… but it’s closure isn’t the end of this.
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:58 am
Linking is not a crime… this is hilarious!!!!!!! omg… I wouldn’t be surprised if the guy was let go and started up the site again…. basically all that tax money for busting a person who hasn’t been breaking the law… lmao… that’s like busting a search engine for linking to sites that have child pornography or any other criminal website… I’m sure someone in that organization is gonna be fired for a stupid call….
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:21 am
It’s amazing, this guys not making any profit and he gets nicked while you’ve got all these peddlars of pony dvd’s making a killing selling pirated rubbish from china in asda car parks and pubs…
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:43 am
omg i dnt believe this, i was looking forward to watch some southpark or friends, but the stupied goveemwnt being so peaty … it was a great website
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:45 am
anyone know any other sites where yuu can wtch stuff on ?
October 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 am
some said the government are stupid, they are very stupid policy maker. what we should do is don’t vote for government. i felt so angry. go finds the terror and kill them. don’t take away our tv-links anyways. bring it back as soon as possible…..
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Come back tv-links! what will i do for my movies now! lol, guess i’ll have to actually do some work now…. freaking morons, money hungry NWO mutha fuk3R5!
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:07 pm
:~(
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:33 pm
i loved tv-links.
i would watch old dr who shows there…..
and movies….
and stuff
that i couldent find anywhere else.
well this sucks
why can’t watching movies and stuff online be free?
it wasnt really any harm..
besides, there’s way more important criminals to be concentrating on…
dont you think?
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
oh yeah, and the guy wasnt even making anything off the website…..
so it’s not even a crime.
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:30 pm
This is pretty stupid. They worry about how many bucks they are going to lose instead of worrying about a child getting raped or molested?
What the..?
So movies are more important that real life threats and situations?
I’m tired of hearing these “tales” of woe from some person who thinks taking down sites from the internet “linking” to sites “hosting” the movies is better than worrying about little timmy down the well.
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
wtf, guys. tv-links was GREAT
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:54 pm
if they put one down another would pop up
its like fighting a losing battle
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm
i love tv-links . i want it back. please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tv-link is best ……
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:06 pm
This is my comment on Reader’s oppinion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy many people pay a tax for media and devices that could be used for piracy.
These sites stat that it is illegal to copy anything without the original creators permission first, that includes burning dvds.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6545255
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/02/04/dvd.law.idg/index.html
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3513_7-5128652-1.html
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:44 am
yeah this is bullshit, I don’t watch normal TV or digital and never go to the cinema anymore, so they were not losing any fees from me! still the content was hosted mainly on a handful of video content providers so a search in their relevant site would nto take too long to find the clips you were looking for, they have just made it a little harder but everything is still there, so fuck them and get searching!
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:44 am
damn you johnny law!!!!!
havent you got some rapists, pedophiles and murderers you should be catching? or are the pockets not deep enough on that kind of thing?
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
lol let see hmm www.stage6.com
http://blog.buttermouth.com/2006/10/top-25-sites-to-watch-free-movies-and.html
o i allmost forget lets see how you ar going to bust this www.piratebay.org
cant can you ? ha!!!
mabe google videos???
nah you dont have the balls ore the many to do that do you now?
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:32 am
Not only did they arrest the owner of the site in the UK they arrested most of the mods too… some from Ireland (Does fact have a say there?) The operation was a multi-national one. the arrests and the server rape in the netherlands were simultanous. This is a severe breach of the justice system as far as i can see, I hope S1n and the guys from tvl don’t get too screwed because of bad moderation at google video and stage 6 etc. (Although stage 6 is getting much quicker to remove these days)
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 am
they fart around chasing peole like the tvlinks guy but they dont do anything if its something like murder
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:15 am
Retaliate! Linking is not a crime. tv-links will be revived. Believe.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:39 am
Hey tv-linkis fan we should either create a website or a forward with the idea we support what tv-links does for us. n that it should be back working!!!!.treasured TV-LINKS.i WANT IT BACK…BOOHOOO!!!!!!
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Hey, I just woke up. When did the “Free World” turn into Iran?
I want an Internet Free World!
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Bastards……. TV-links was great but the joke is on FACT and asshole companies like it because they are wasting their time and tax payers money. TV-links may be gone but 10 more will pop up and become just as good.. PLUS THERE ARE 100`S OUT THERE ALREADY.. SO STOP WASTING YOU TIME… AND FECK OFF….
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:12 pm
look this is the biggst load of shit ever!! im just a student who likes to look at films in school instead of doing now what am i going to do? work?
any ideas?
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:57 pm
that was just stupid, why do they destroy sites like tv-links instead of doing something better, like solving actual crime, where in the laws, is there written that it is illegal to link to another site, and if there is such a law they should stop making stupid laws that does’nt help anybody.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm
oh and one more thing if it is illegal to link to a video, then is it illegal to link to the site that links to a video, and so on, in that case every search engine is illegal, and about the whole internet would be illegal, so what direction will be taken, will the internet be taken down, or will those rich moneysucking companies shut up and be happy with what they get, which is mostly very much profit anyway.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Okay seriously is this for real? I’m not too much bothered with it coming down, it just means i’ll have to put a few more minutes into finding some of those classic old shows that i watched on it (Long live Dr Who!)
I’m more horrified at the mad sickening way that both the legal system and the media are acting! i mean it would take about a days worth of research to know that tv-links was NOT a huge evil criminal website. Yet even so these people wasted man hours hunting him down, spending our tax money. While the media seems to be trying to spoon feed us a bullshit story. In the Guardian they were actually crediting this as a major move forward in copyright enforcement!!! And THAT pisses me of the most. if i don’t find the truth printed in some public media soon i’m going to leave the country for gods sake.
Also will the guy actually go to jail for this? yeah sure the cops can arrest the guy and hold him for a trial but what the hell are they going to charge him on? Like everyone has been saying, it isn’t illegal to link a video. If a judge put’s this guy away they deserve to be shot for it. Does anyone know the name of the guy who owned it or something so that people can know what is going on? Or is this just going to disappear into obscurity?
October 24th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
BOOO! Why are we paying them to take down stuff we want, we should have a say in what we’re paying for not, we’re paying to make sure we don’t get anything for cheap or for free, the only way dvds fund terrorism is when you pay for the real deal and give money to some huge corporation who give money to the american government who in turn buy the weapons for tomorrows fundamentalist loons.yes.
October 24th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Two things, well actually probably more, but yes it is strange to devote police resources to dealing with commercial piracy - although I suppose, in their eyes, theft is theft, but nonetheless aren’t there more pressing matters for police?? Second, weren’t most of the ‘tv’ links once available on free air waves anyways? So then is it still ‘piracy’ me’ mateees? Also, wouldn’t you agree that most of the nerds, my sweet self included, who frequent these sites also spend more money on ‘entertainment’ media than other folks? So again, where’s the so-called harm? Last point, I know I originally said two, shutting these sites down doesn’t change the fact that we are still going to look for more….hell some of us will go out of our way to do so…been giving my moola to these corps for too long!! That in mind, can anyone recommend a replacement site?
October 24th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
ALL hail Tv-link.co hOOO–rA!! YOU KILLED TV-LINK,, YOU BASTARDS!!!
October 25th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Hmmmm… I wonder if an attack on FACT-uk.org.uk might happen. For some strange reason, I feel like posting means to contact me, to talk about if this MIGHT *hint hint* happen. KEGV.99@gmail.com .
October 25th, 2007 at 6:28 am
Hm, thee site and it’s links are still in google’s cache soooo… xD
October 25th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
OK, that’s bull! I used to watch shows that i haven’t seen in years! you are very greedy people. they only used links! that’s not illegal. besides, google does the same thing! the only reason you don’t drop it is because it is so popular and people would go ballistic. You people make me sick…
October 25th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
What is your problem government? You have enough money! you steal it from us every day! you wouldn’t have a problem if it wasn’t making YOU lose money. Cheap asses.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Facilitation of copyright infringment…?!? that’s their argument ? Come on men..!! i can’t believe it… there’s no way linking is illegal, not a chance. that would make us all pirates. why don`t they shut down you tube or google. If that’s the case, I’m sure Google is the biggest “facilitator” of the world… ha ha ha but i’m taking all this in a real cool way, cause i found in sidereel the fountain that calms my thirst for tv series and movies..! LOL so that you can be calm too, here goes the link http://www.sidereel.com Oh, no..!! i just linked and facilitated piracy..!! who’s gonna protect me now..?? ha ha ha and there’s also stage 6 or Dailymotion, ups… I did it again…!
October 25th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Is it really true a bunch of the mods got arrested also? IF so can someone provide links to confirmation stories.
Also something that has occurred to me, perhaps they are leaning on owners to leverage logs of how much time individual users spend on the websites and what links they clicked on to d/l streaming movies. The entire goal could be evidence to prosecute users, and not the owners of tv-links. My guess is S1n/mods were told to turn over logs, and they refused. Hence, action against them. The government knows it can’t permanently shut down the site, but it can lean hard on the owners to cough up info for prosecuting others.
IMHO, the biggest blame goes to hosting websites as they are the most responsible for keeping copyrighted material off the web. But you will never see RIAA or FACT go after those hosts, because they would be tied up in court.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:17 am
thats bull$hit, it was just LINKS!!!!!!!!!!! TV LINKS, he didnt post everything, so so dumb dumb… this woild is fuxord
October 26th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Great, so potential for crime is a crime. This only proves that to be a potential victim of squandered tax-dollars is to be a victim, regardless of whether one is picked up for it or not. Welcome to the world of precriminal law enforcement. The precogs are pissed because they didn’t want people watching the new season of Spooks. Which is, BTW most excellent. Phbbt and phooey on you redcoats for letting your parliament support such petty use of force.
Everyone do yourself a favor and get peerguardian 2, TOR, a job, and a good lawyer and quit whining if you don’t vote with euros and sense when you have the chance. Set a good example for the yanks you ruddy wankers.
October 27th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Damn cuh, I was funna watch some old ass movies.
October 29th, 2007 at 3:49 am
NOOOOOOO WTF WHY?
i looved this site.. and i didnt even know it was gone, god its already been here for some years, why shut it down now?? HUH? its not like it’s gonna help cus there will ALWAYS be lots of these sites.
so anyway, the worst thing is it these comments wont help cus its not like theyre gonna read them and change their mind so why even try to get it back. fuck, i hate this.
October 29th, 2007 at 3:53 am
BTW LaSan- I LOVE YOU
that site rocks.
October 29th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
fuck shiiitt this is bullshiit. i used 2 go college ,come home do some work and 3 days of the week go football training as i play semi pro level, basically i had a nice live until some group of people locked themselves up in a so called building ( government related issue centre) and decided to shut down my onlysite. i hate this now i’m just gonna go outside and hang about with the bad guys because i live in an area where drugs are like natural grass and people act ghetto. thanx 2 the damn government i’m gonna become a gangster. i tried to stay away from the badboyz, ignore their phone calls and stuff like that thanx to tvlinksbut now things are gonna be the otha way round,damn
i’m gonna miss prison break,martin, HEROES, and many other series ,,andlast but most important all the selection of movies,,fuck this government only think of money in their pocket,,,like lil wayne says ”i hate when the niggaz say talk is cheap, coz i let the money talk for me” The government listen to much of lil waynes music
October 29th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
google has 112 MILLION searches per day why would any organization want to shut that down they probably used google to find all of thes websites to shut them down. think about that 112 million that pulls in so much money it would be like shutting mcdonalds down sure everyone knows it is not doing the right thing but who cares its money you can buy your way out of everything thesedays. the govt has bigger fish to fri, like crack dealers but nope they decide to take down a site that did not even have the movie on it it linked you to a site that does oh well move on i say everyone who reads this make your own movie website and dont take any profit… mr. cartel pseudo can go die
October 29th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Maybe instead of arresting people, the movie and tv companies should be embracing these type of sites. They should be looking at what programs and movies are being watched online and figure out where the programs that are not being watched failed so badly. And then start making movies and shows that people will actually pay for instead of churning out so much fucking tripe all the time. Jerks.
October 29th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
honestly… not the smartest thing to do… sites like that are never gonna go away so might as well leave it alone and go do something worthwhile with your time
October 29th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
This stinks! RRRRR, sounds like part of what verizon is trying to do as well. They want to “own” the internet! These Friggin people are the criminals, the internet is free for all! To see whatever we want to see!
Damn them all to Hell!
October 29th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
P.S. besides , havent these producers, actors, and tv networks already made ENOUGH money!!!! They have more money than God for pete’s sake!!
October 29th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I will not be deterred. I can understand why some of these people are trying to stop sites like “tv-links” but, they will not. The beautiful conception of information sharing will not faulter… no matter how much money they throw at their “problem”.
October 29th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Chances are FACT will drop the charges of piracy, all he can be done for, in my opinion, is copyright theft - using the names of TV shows without prior permission. As it’s been pointed out he provided Links, he did not upload or store anything. His best defence would be something along the lines of ‘I did nothing illegally, I merely made finding what was already there a bit easier.’ in which case he could get off with it and have his website returned. He had a perfectly valid legal disclaimer and I think that the FACT wanted a soft target so it could hit the headlines… it’s easier to arrest the hostof a site when it’s just one person. As for it being a site hosted in DK, it matters not as the copyrght act is pretty much worldwide, or at least European in which case it would still stand. I hope it is returned soon enough as I don’t think any other site made finding shows that we were not able to get through normal means again, so clear. His biggest mistake was publishing pirate video links from cameras at the cinema. But he didn’t make the films, he didn’t even buy or sell them… he merely found a link to it and shared it… in which case he is helping the authorities rather than hindering them…
October 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
well…i guess this goes to show once again that noone in the government has any brains -.- “lets see here! lets shut down this linking site” “but what about the hosting ones” “well…they are just more powerful than the “all mighty government”, but hey who cares right? we are losing anything just let the people suffer…oh hey bob can we do anything with the taxes that are unneccsary?(sp?)” “yea we can we can raise income taxes and property taxes more so we can waste it more on useless junk and give more away to minors with kids” …i think that says it all =/ oh and if anyone didnt like the comment with the “minors with kids” well if they werent stupid enough to do it in the first place then they wouldnt have that problem or you know for people that couldnt control it then its called adoption -.-
October 31st, 2007 at 8:57 am
so lemme get this stright? the guy was in another country, made no money off the site, and basically was arrested for linking to youtube/goggle and similar sites? holy shit then they should destroy myspace for being nothing but links hell shut down the internet the whole damm thing is links of information available to anyone who desires.
just goes to show you that unless corporations can take it or make money off it the people will be censored silenced or put in jail since they own goverments now. if corporations didnt own goverments this guy would still be chilling at home living his normal life doing nothing wrong like usual, but cause he made something that “linked” items so ppl would have an index of goggle then spending hours looking up shit that doesnt match the search he got arrested….nice. hey when are they gonna start changing flags from the good old red white & blue to the corporate red X?
Age of freedom? I think not, more like age of suppression and everyone is now a slave to corporations around the world. start singing you folk songs we about to lose everything to pick cotton for these assholes.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:46 am
A class-action suit against Google is forthcoming, you can believe that too. There is no way people can say that Google isn’t as responsible, and there’s no way they can go through their ENTIRE Search engine and actually delete the content they are infringing on as well. So before Google breaks $1,000/share, people are suddenly going to understand two things: A.) Google is GUILTY of copyright infringement as much as if not MORE than TV-Links, and B.) Their stock is DANGEROUSLY over-priced. They’ve built a monster they cannot control.
We can only pray that NASDAQ survives the huge Google crash to come.
November 1st, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Mother fucker i loved that god damn website i was in the middle of watchin the universe documentry…fuck the system
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Interestingly, http://www.alloftv.net/ has just shut down it’s viewing capabilities as well. While the site is still running and functional, it appears that they’ll be shifting their format for discussion, episode summaries, etc. No more online viewing.
I guess now we’ll have to pay outrageous $$ for cable. All together, everybody join me in thanking the GCGU (Greedy Corporations and Government United).
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
The Minority Report errr…
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:42 pm
dude thats so stupid. it aint like he was uploadin movies to his website. all he was doin was giving people the “links” to the shows that they wanna watch. Notice that the websites tv-”LINKS”! the governments so retarded. thats like sayin the whole damn internet’s a crime >.>
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:06 am
Try downloading VEOH TV.
Either that or Stage6 Dvix is a good one….
but shhhhhhhh….
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 am
why have this organisation been given the power to do something like this, its incredebly stupid.
I don’t think anyone in the public gives a crap about copyright, they really should put the money
into areas of the police dedicated to busting real criminals.
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:16 pm
thats just idiocracy at its finest ………… dose anyone know a diff good tv-links like web site post it if ya do
November 4th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Omdzzz Im Soo Not Happy
That Was My Only Way Of Being Able To Watch Prison Break !!! Lol !!!
If Anybody Knows Of Any Other Sites Let Us Know Ye
Loadza Love xXx
November 4th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
The film and tv industries make billions of pounds every month, we all know how high cinima fee’s are these days, i think they can afford to loose a few million. I am outraged at the closure of tv-links, i used to use it to watch alot of shows, fresh prince of bel air, etc becouse i cannot afford to buy the DVD’s of the series due to the unrealistic prices, Fuck the ppl hu shut it down!
November 5th, 2007 at 12:02 am
I sometimes find some shows that I have trouble finding anywhere else on www.crunchyroll.com just make an account though, its not hard, you dont even have to follow up with it or anything after you made it.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
There goes my favorite site. Oh well, I’ll google stuff now. What the fuck. I can’t believe they took it down. Asses.
November 7th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I understand the whole piracy and copywrite bullshit, but Tv-links was fucking legendary. Scrap that, it was a fucking public service, its ridiculous that its been shut down when it did EXACTLY the same job as Youtube and googlevideo. WHY arent these companies having law suits filed against them i hear you cry? Because they’ve got money - money to buy descent lawyers and FACT is too scared to get involved. Sounds like aristocratic bullshit to me, anyone with a few quid behind them instantly becomes untouchable-Kill the little man.
Its fucked.
Long live TV-links.
Out.
November 7th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
I cannot believe it was closed down…the site was about %100 leagle (or how u spell it)
They didn’t host any of what was on the site thats why it was called Tv-Links (LINKS) a link takes you to places where the video is hosted…they were links to places like Youtube, google video and Asian hosting places like from Japan and China.
RE ACTIVATE TV-LINKS
It was my fav media site
November 8th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Well the government isnt really “stealing” our money … haven’t u guys heard of economy, and that its as unstable as our damn enviroment which will be gone soon, and that taxes are just there to make our countries richer, stronger and more independent unlike countries in africa etc but still the government is being really selfish in spending our money to bring down a site that provides links to the real offenders. LONG LIVE TV LINKS!
November 9th, 2007 at 10:34 am
tv links is just the middle man..find the real culprits…understood.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Ya I feel sad for TV-Links. www.meyepop.com helps me out these days
November 10th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Viva -TV-LINKS!, This is bullshit, they charged nothing. Them fuckers took it down and arrested a good man for no reason! He made no money, but they are aloud to charge them with up to 450 million dollars?!!? WHAT IS THIS fking world coming too, and Sorry for cussing.. I’m just upset.. I used Tv links for so many things, not to watch movies.. just to kill my boredness.. I’m so pissed at how our fking government can do this to something that was being hosted in another country!
November 10th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Well actually www.enxplode.com, and www.joox.net is the site thats helping me get through this…
November 11th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
First of all Tillant both of your links are dead, hmm I wonder if they intentionally took them down on their own or if FACT struck again. Tilliant are you still free….lol. Followng FACT’s rational for shutting down TV-Links could apply to you.
I’ve been around for 44 years and have lost all trust in the fact that the governments are here to serve me. The governments of this world have become so out of control that this situation is not a surprise. The fact that they actually did something surprises me, not that they busted the little man over the big names…i.e. Yahoo, Google, and Myspace.
The scariest thing that has occurred here and is occurring is that we all have allowed our governments to do this to us. You can all argue that my vote counts and things will change, but how can they when your vote does nothing more than trade one tyrant for another. The average person that is constitutionally eligible to run for president and who would be concerned for all peoples rights is just a farce. If you have not come from some of the richest families and biggest business owners you have no chance in hell.
The internet was designed for the purpose of the free transmission of thoughts, ideas and information. The Governments and big business have seized this last bastion of freedom and will do with it as they please. Get used to it, it is only going to get worse.
November 15th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
BRING BACK TV-LINKS
November 15th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
FCUK THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!
November 27th, 2007 at 4:30 am
I thought tv-links was a great way to get a perspective other than mainstream media! They had some interesting documentaries! Sometimes I would kick back and watch em all day! Damn where the hell and I gonna find Fist of The North Star! I wonder if there is anything we can do to help out. I found a petition but it doesn’t seem to be doing much
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 am
sigh, Tv links is gone….. And its not coming back. I wiosh it were but ’tis not. anyone know any other good sites?
January 7th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Tv-links will be back.
Check the site now & check next week.
January 15th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
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