Author Topic: TV-Links.co.uk shut down for good (Read 347 times)

TRG · « **on:** October 20, 2007, 07:20:25 PM »

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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Major pirate website shut down

Katie Allen
Friday October 19, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

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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

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Blu Lacez · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2007, 07:26:01 PM »

^^Whoa!!
Don't know whetehr to say "yay" on behalf of the Big copanies..or "mutted under breadth"
I've actaully been on a few sites adn sieen a few movies, within days of relelase in Cinemas I've alwaYS FELT KINDA BAD ABOUT IT!!
But i'll admit, some movies are just a lot better watching in Cinemas than they do sittin in front of your Pc/Lap top/mac

NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2007, 07:32:11 PM »

damn $:-\$

swangin and bangin · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2007, 11:20:08 PM »

Quote from: Blu Lacez™ on October 20, 2007, 07:26:01 PM

I've actaully been on a few sites adn sieen a few movies, within days of relelase in Cinemas I've alwaYS FELT KINDA BAD ABOUT IT!!
But i'll admit, some movies are just a lot better watching in Cinemas than they do sittin in front of your Pc/Lap top/mac

yup

one word

300!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!