NEWS: R.I.P. TV -Links
As we all know the nazi's have grabbed
the TV-Links owner on Thursday and have/are probably threatening him with all
sorts of nasty things if he doesn't admit he's a terrorist. Really, shouldn't
the police be out stopping murderers and armed robbers rather than raiding some
kid's home for a website?? Poor 26 year old man from Chelteham in the UK, was
arrested.Article from zeropaid "Though not hosting an
actual content himself, and rather merely providing links to where particular
titles can be found, he was nonetheless apparently charged for the "facilitation"
of copyright infringement. "Sites such as TV Links contribute to and
profit from copyright infringement by identifying, posting, organizing, and indexing
links to infringing content found on the internet that users can then view on
demand by visiting these illegal sites," said a spokesman for Federation
Against Copyright Theft (FACT) today. What makes the charges so odd is that
he was again, only providing LINKS to pirated content, and never actually hosted
anything. Can linking really be considered "facilitation?" If I link
to TVLinks am I then a co-conspirator? Here's the TVLinks disclaimer:
TV Links is not responsible for any content linked to or referred to from these
pages.
TV Links does not host any content on our Servers All video
links point to content hosted on third party webites. Users who upload to these
websites agree not to upload illegal content when creating their user accounts.
TV Links does not accept responsibility for content hosted on third party websites. The
notion of making linking a crime is ridiculous and completely out of line. How
would anybody be able to discuss controversial sites or content if they first
had to ensure the legality of the destination? Would we have to make it so that
links were simply spelled out and not HTML capable(www.tvlinks.co.uk vs TVLinks)?
Maybe this is the answer because I think then it could fall under the category
of speech. Furthermore, it really shows that Google is getting away with bloody
murder via sites like YouTube and Google Video. FACT goes on to revisit
the same old diatribe about how piracy is stealing food from form the tables of
people who work in the film industry, but with guys like Brad Pitt reportedly
getting $20million bucks to make trash like "Babel" who's really robbing
who? Couldn't Pitt be paid a little less, say $15 million, and leave that other
5 for the "starving" film crew? I guess not "The theft and
distribution of films harms the livelihoods of those working in the UK film industry
and in ancillary industries, as well as damaging the economy," said FACT's
director general Kieron Sharp. What's even more surprising is that the move
was part of an overall strategy to crack down on piracy, though all it does is
target a middleman who tells you where to go. More importantly, will its demise
really compel people to find content legally or to suddenly run down to their
local cinema? I think not, and all it means, as is usually the case with piracy,
is that people will just go elsewhere. Either way R.I.P. TVLinks, it was
nice while it lasted. Maybe once again we have a case where Sweden's the only
answer. " Enjoy www.TVOKAY.com while it last!
Okay, enough sad news:
We will continue
to look for better sites to replace TVlinks. Stay tuned and enjoy TVOKAY.com while
it lasts. We just added video downloads and music mp3 downloadss on TVOKAY.com. We
are working with bittorrent to allow BT downloads here. Please excuse minor
bugs, we're in the process of fixing them. Thank you for your patronage. | 
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