Tv-Links Shut Down For “Illegal Linking”
This is absolutely ridiculous! Tv-Links, a fantastic website dedicated to bringing us all our movies and favorite tv shows online for free has been shut down for “illegally” linking to other websites (mainly You tube and Google video) that show movies or tv shows that apparently should only be seen on cinema (or cable/satellite).
According to a report in The Guardian: “A 26-year-old man from Cheltenham was arrested on Thursday in connection with offences relating to the facilitation of copyright infringement on the internet, Fact said.”
The arrest and the closure of the site – www.tv-links.co.uk – came during an operation by officers from Gloucestershire County Council trading standards in conjunction with investigators from Fact and Gloucestershire Police.
Fact claims that tv-links.co.uk was providing links to illegal film content that had been camcorder recorded from cinemas and then uploaded to the internet. The site also provided links to TV shows that were being illegally distributed.
I used to be a frequent Tv-Links user and I am absolutely disgusted with the way the whole situation has been handled. The people that should be behind bars are the multi millionaires/billionaires running YouTube/Google because they are the ones who actually host the videos.
As Jack Schoefield of The Guardian Blog said:
“And if linking is illegal, how many of us are guilty?”
Indeed, if linking is illegal, we might as well shut down the Internet, because there is no practical way anybody can guarantee the legality of what’s on the end of any link. Even if you could guarantee it at the time of linking, there’s no guarantee it would still be legal less than a second later, or for the rest of time.
If you are against this then please blog about it and make the world hear your voice! The internet is the one thing that we have that is free from corruption and stupid government laws. Speak Up and comment below to make your voice heard!
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This is going to be a landmark case. FACT have picked on the smallest fish in the sea and may be using this case to push through a precedent. tv-links.co.uk probably do not have access to legal resources which youtube and Google have, thererfore it may be a easy prosecution for FACT.
Please consider support these guys, we have started a ChipIn to raise funds to assist in their legal defence. This case is about linking, what can you link to and what can’t you. This issue should recieve proportional debate as it affects us all. tv-links.co.uk did not reach 182 in the Alexa charts on their own, they had users and millions of them.
Perhaps, we could all support them with more than just our blog posts.
Please consider supporting tv-links.co.uk’s case with more than just our blog posts:
http://humanopinion.org/support_for_tvlinks
The only thing im worried about is as you said that google and youtube have the resources to fight off any claims or legal issues while the poor 26yr old has nothing!
LOL this is y u dnt tell mans sheeyat cos bichass fools spread the shit like wildfire keep mufukin gd shit on the low dnt need knw wastemans knwin shit they nt ment to knw!
(fools be advertisin the site on ebay)
[obviously i could have posted something more polite and civilized bt i chose not to so don't judge me..]
gangsta please!
Errr Okay