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TV-Links shut down and owner arrested
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 20 October, 2007
TV-links.co.uk, the UK's most used piracy film website has been closed down and its owner arrested after a raid by the anti-piracy group, Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact).
The closure was a first for major UK-based pirate sites and the owner, a 26-year-old man from Cheltenham, was arrested for charges relating to facilitating copyright infringement over the internet.
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21. October 2007 @ 12:34 |
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TV-Links will not be missed long friends... It was good while it lasted.
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21. October 2007 @ 12:35 |
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Pff yeah it will!
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21. October 2007 @ 12:39 |
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Originally posted by BTFan:
Pff yeah it will!
"One dies onother takes it's place" Life goes on...
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camaro17
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21. October 2007 @ 13:20 |
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try Allucit is my fav site for watching t.v. shows and movies, i watch south park laa the time, its got every episode.
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21. October 2007 @ 16:00 |
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21. October 2007 @ 16:05 |
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noo!
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21. October 2007 @ 17:59 |
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Its a sad day STUPID (so called copy right infringement)tv-links is no different than youtube
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21. October 2007 @ 19:42 |
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Originally posted by shummyr:
Its a sad day STUPID (so called copy right infringement)tv-links is no different than youtube
It is much different.
R.I.P TV-links. You will be missed.
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21. October 2007 @ 20:03 |
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Mirrors are fun!
http://www.pazoena.com
Probably gained using a website downloading proggy. Not too hard to do. A PHP site which just indexes links is fairly straight forward. I'm sure a few people with the right knowledge are doing the same thing with many similar sites.
Re-edited to correct my crappy spelling LOL!
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"Freedom" in the west consists of: Freedom of speech, freedom of opinion and freedom of movement. So why is it then, that people want to know what youre saying, what you think of them and where you are going?
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21. October 2007 @ 20:26 |
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As suspected, it's really easy to do. I used WinHTTrack Website Copier on the mirror site mentioned above and managed to download the whole thing pretty easily. I've now got the whole thing on my hard drive, although I'm stopping short of publishing it... That would get me into trouble I think LOL!
I've got to say that it woulld be highly unlikely to see any sort of update of this site, since the mirroring is done purely in HTML and the PHP stuff is pretty much stripped out. It would be one hell of a tedious job to modify so many HTML files manually. The original site was built on a PHP base and was probably designed as a content management type system. The operator of the original site would surely have had a much easier interface to work with.
My opinions come with no warranty whatsoever, but are totally open-source, so you can reverse engineer or decompile them as you see fit. All other rights reserved.
"Freedom" in the west consists of: Freedom of speech, freedom of opinion and freedom of movement. So why is it then, that people want to know what youre saying, what you think of them and where you are going?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 21. October 2007 @ 20:31
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22. October 2007 @ 05:39 |
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sucks that they got shut down and stupid lawsuit... Google should be shut down they have way more illegal content if they get shut down.. but for now check out http://www.boxsweeper.com for replacement Enjoy
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22. October 2007 @ 11:20 |
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That sucks I really liked that site. They had the best selection of old and new Dr Who vids. Oh well.
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22. October 2007 @ 13:00 |
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Plenty more fish in the sea, as they say. It just means fishing in a few different oceans that's all.
My opinions come with no warranty whatsoever, but are totally open-source, so you can reverse engineer or decompile them as you see fit. All other rights reserved.
"Freedom" in the west consists of: Freedom of speech, freedom of opinion and freedom of movement. So why is it then, that people want to know what youre saying, what you think of them and where you are going?
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LaSan
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22. October 2007 @ 13:44 |
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What happened whith TV-Links is a real bummer...!! :( but don´t worry guys, i found the best replacement... check out http://www.sidereel.com There you will find whatever you may want. Full episodes for all past seasons and new ones too, extra vids, behind the scenes, anything..!! Lost, Heroes, The Office, Family Guy, Movies... They have so many things, that i don´t where to begin..!! LOL
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22. October 2007 @ 18:43 |
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wow i hate this.it was the only way to keep up with smallville..anyone have a place for tv shows
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22. October 2007 @ 22:06 |
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Mirrors are fun!
http://www.pazoena.com
Probably gained using a website downloading proggy. Not too hard to do. A PHP site which just indexes links is fairly straight forward. I'm sure a few people with the right knowledge are doing the same thing with many similar sites.
Re-edited to correct my crappy spelling LOL!
Pazoena is now down too...
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22. October 2007 @ 22:07 |
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crap
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22. October 2007 @ 22:22 |
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Originally posted by BTFan:
crap
Pazoena went down sooner then I expected! That?s too bad Pazoena looked promising to me.
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Norm9
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22. October 2007 @ 22:32 |
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Originally posted by mododaz:
I used this site allot. but thy did they shut it down ? it didn't host any videos only link them, i never new that was a crime
That is my thought also, I think all the "anti" groups are going after whoever they can just to claim a victory. I think soon when you BUY a dvd it will self destruct after the first viewing.
Every site you come across has that disclaimer "we dont host the content, just links..." AFAIK it wasnt frowned upon as much in the UK as it is in the US, thats why some sites eg.(tv.video.net) moved their servers to the UK from the US as the law was different here they claimed?
What will that mean for all of the other sites, but as someone posted: There'll be another to take its place
RIP TVLINKS.
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ST2006
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23. October 2007 @ 08:15 |
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Originally posted by mododaz:
I used this site allot. but thy did they shut it down ? it didn't host any videos only link them, i never new that was a crime
That is my thought also, I think all the "anti" groups are going after whoever they can just to claim a victory. I think soon when you BUY a dvd it will self destruct after the first viewing.
It's terrible what's happened.... lol at your last sentence, probably ?!
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ST2006
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23. October 2007 @ 08:19 |
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Originally posted by shummyr:
Its a sad day STUPID (so called copy right infringement)tv-links is no different than youtube
yh it is, youtube hosts videos. and hopefully the owner can win the case and with a new identity make another tv-links, but base the servers where viewing such content for our own leisure is allowed, such as Canada.
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24. October 2007 @ 03:09 |
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The fact of the matter is that this guy caught and should not be doing it the way he did it.
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24. October 2007 @ 17:47 |
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It looks like it's going to be a huge legal grey area from here on. Was what this guy was doing really tantamount to piracy? That's the real question. Well he's really just providing links to other sites that are hosting this material. I think that indirect action such as this is going to be hotly contested in any future action that FACT takes against their "defendant". My only fear is that he'll cave in and settle out of curt as so many others have been bullied into doing.
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25. October 2007 @ 06:52 |
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Please check out this site I have made:
http://www.save-tv-links.co.uk
The idea behind the site is to create a publicly accessible resource of accurate information on the tv-links case and create a discussion forum around it. It also exists to offer what ever support is possible to give to the innocent.
Anyone who can contribute or has any ideas that would make this site more functional please get in touch; the aim is too get as much information in one place as possible.
Elton1
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DADEO1
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26. October 2007 @ 07:20 |
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What ?
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