News TV piracy site shut down

I cue the million O NO!!!!!!!!!!
Tv-links.co.uk was my most favored site for content ever! Best and now its gone, no more late night Movies for me (fires up The Wire)

 

Am I the only person on the internet who had not heard of this site before it went down?

The content was in flash and divx? Then it's not a loss imho. I get nightmares just thinking about watching tv-shows in that "quality"

 

there's nothing wrong with divx, most of the links are dvd quality from what i've seen (2 whole seasons of prison break)

 

If you're checking out Joost check out Frag - http://joost.com/1610001

 

If you look at netcraft the hosting was actually in the netherlands.

 

Well it looks like Oink is gone now:

http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk...olice_swoop_to_close_down_illegal_website.php

 

crap :/

 

I actually found TV-Links to be a bit useless - most of the time links were dead anyway.
Not only that, but a bit of patience and decent searching and you could find much better quality videos.
I also prefer to download onto my external HD and then plug into my TV at a later date, so having to watch a stream was not my favoured option.

The Guardian are saying that a prime example was people clicking on a link to cam copies of Ratatouille - anyone with half a technical mind could find a DVD rip online now!

Additionally, is it illegal to download/link BBC programming from these sites if you are a UK based TV Licence Payer????

 

It seems the guy who ran tv-links was arrested initially under trademark laws;

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/tv_links_trademark_law/

 

Bummer men...!! It's totally unfair, he wasn't hosting, just posting and that's not illegal..!! anyway, there are lots of other sites. for example, i found the best replacement: www.sidereel.com they have all the tv series, movies and music vids... there is also stage6 or daily motion... plenty of alternatives, they can't stop us.. ha ha ha LOL

 

Ah, I was wondering why this didn't work the other day- hadn't spotted the news story. I can appreciate the copyright infringment issues, but a lot of what this site allowed is no worse than putting a program onto a VHS and showing your mates. It all seems to be a case of double standards and attempting to make examples out of people

 

Of course there's nothing wrong with divx. The site having flash-videos makes me think of the content being in SD only...

 

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