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Old 10-24-2007, 04:30 AM   #1
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tv-links.co.uk shut down?!?!?

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2195407,00.html
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One of the world's most-used pirate film websites has been closed after providing links to illegal versions of major Hollywood hits and TV shows.

The first closure of a major UK-based pirate site was also accompanied by raids and an arrest, the anti-piracy group Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) said today.

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.

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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.

Visitors to the site could get access to major feature films, sometimes within days of their initial cinema release. Recent links took users to illegal versions of the Disney/Pixar animation sensation Ratatouille as well as to most of this summer's blockbusters.

"Sites such as TV Links contribute to and profit from copyright infringement by identifying, posting, organising, 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 Fact.

The group's director general Kieron Sharp said TV Links was the first major target in a campaign to crackdown on web piracy.

"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," he said.

Roger Marles, from Trading Standards said sites such as TV Links allowed people to break UK copyright law.

"The 'users' are potentially evading licence fees, subscription fees to digital services or the cost of purchase or admittance to cinemas to view the films," he added.

The British Video Association estimates that at least £459m was lost to the video, film and TV industries due to piracy in 2006.
o NOES!!! what will i do now??
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Old 10-24-2007, 08:17 AM   #2
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You will now find a new site to look at for your TV and Movies. They must be cracking down...whoopdeedoo!!!!!
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Old 10-24-2007, 08:30 AM   #3
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I saw this last week. I googled it and in another forum it said this. They also gave me links to about ten other sites to use Lol.
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Old 10-24-2007, 09:16 AM   #4
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:26 AM   #6
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There are several more readily available.

They must not have anything to do right now, so go after pirates.
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Old 10-24-2007, 12:07 PM   #8
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There are several more readily available.

They must not have anything to do right now, so go after pirates.
I hope this is sarcastic? They organizations behind this do other things, just not all of it is in the news. Software, video, mp3 pirating is illegal too.
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Old 10-24-2007, 12:08 PM   #9
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NOOOOO!!!! Thats why when I wanted to watch something the other day the site wouldn't load!! Someone find me a new site to watch movies on!
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Old 10-24-2007, 12:09 PM   #10
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NOOOOO!!!! Thats why when I wanted to watch something the other day the site wouldn't load!! Someone find me a new site to watch movies on!
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someone pm me with new links!
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honestly just google tv links and you get more
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Old 10-24-2007, 01:46 PM   #13
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Old 10-24-2007, 01:51 PM   #14
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There are no more..

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wats with all these sites gettin shut down
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I spend way too much time on tv-links anyway. LOL

Yea, it's really not there anymore.
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Old 10-24-2007, 05:57 PM   #17
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that is bogus. I hate dumb corporate people. poor people ftw.
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