The FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) has shut down tv-links and arrested its owner.
This is the saddest thing to happen all day. Although it didnt actually happen today, I only found out about it today. It happened on the 20th I think. But whenever it happened, it has affected my day today. I was wondering why it hasnt been working for the last few days... I thought the server was down, coz that's happened before. I even cursed the owner for having server problems. Little did I know... *sigh*
The site is gone, no more awesome old and new tv shows and movies. Sure, there are other sites like it online, but none as comprehensive as tv-links, and most likely if there will ever be a site like it again, it will be a long time in coming.
The stupid part was, tv-links didnt actually host any of their videos... it was links pointing you in the direction you could watch them. They didnt even let you download them. Yet, no one does anything to the sites that actually host the videos. Possibly coz they dont want to deal with the big fish who have lawyers that will fry their asses. (Lol, weird sort-of pun not intended.) I mean, youtube anyone?
However, I did read online somewhere (I cant find the link now) that as the law right now stands, tv-links is not guilty of piracy. Something about the law stating that internet piracy has to involve hosting and providing downloads of copyrighted material. Neither of which, as I've said before, tv-links did. So hopefully, the case will get thrown out of courts on this technicality and there will be another tv-links in future. Well, one can only hope.
In the mean time... us lovely viewers out here will make do as best we can with the meager resources and lie in wait. =D
RIP TV LINKS. You will be sorely missed.
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Now playing: The Verve - SonnetThis is the saddest thing to happen all day. Although it didnt actually happen today, I only found out about it today. It happened on the 20th I think. But whenever it happened, it has affected my day today. I was wondering why it hasnt been working for the last few days... I thought the server was down, coz that's happened before. I even cursed the owner for having server problems. Little did I know... *sigh*
The site is gone, no more awesome old and new tv shows and movies. Sure, there are other sites like it online, but none as comprehensive as tv-links, and most likely if there will ever be a site like it again, it will be a long time in coming.
The stupid part was, tv-links didnt actually host any of their videos... it was links pointing you in the direction you could watch them. They didnt even let you download them. Yet, no one does anything to the sites that actually host the videos. Possibly coz they dont want to deal with the big fish who have lawyers that will fry their asses. (Lol, weird sort-of pun not intended.) I mean, youtube anyone?
However, I did read online somewhere (I cant find the link now) that as the law right now stands, tv-links is not guilty of piracy. Something about the law stating that internet piracy has to involve hosting and providing downloads of copyrighted material. Neither of which, as I've said before, tv-links did. So hopefully, the case will get thrown out of courts on this technicality and there will be another tv-links in future. Well, one can only hope.
In the mean time... us lovely viewers out here will make do as best we can with the meager resources and lie in wait. =D
RIP TV LINKS. You will be sorely missed.
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2 comments:
:P Of all the things that sting you back into writing, you find the one that helps you procrastinate the most :D
hehe marz, didnt know u had a blog until i stumbled upon it today :) and while you wait for a successor to TV-links I've found a number that are getting there...
www.freetvonline.com
http://free-tv-video-online.info/
www.sidereel.com
www.movieforumz.com
Hope that helps :)
~C
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