October 20, 2007
TV Links shut down for linking
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, reports The Guardian.
"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 Friday.
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.
"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 British Video Association estimates that at least £459m ($940M) was lost to the video, film and TV industries due to piracy in 2006."
Related cases filed by the MPAA:
-- MPAA sues another site for illegal linking
-- Sites Sued for agreggating and linking to copyright video
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TV Links shut down for linking
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, reports The Guardian.
"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 Friday.
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.
"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 British Video Association estimates that at least £459m ($940M) was lost to the video, film and TV industries due to piracy in 2006."
Related cases filed by the MPAA:
-- MPAA sues another site for illegal linking
-- Sites Sued for agreggating and linking to copyright video
emily | 4:41 PM | Copypright Issues | trackback (0) |
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/tv/archives/2007/10/017690.htm
