Tv-Links Raided, Operator Arrested
 

"TV Links, a Web site that provided links to hundreds of movies, documentaries, TV shows and cartoons hosted on streaming media sites such as Google Video and YouTube, has been raided by UK authorities. The site's operator was also arrested, The Guardian reports. Even though the site has not hosted any pirated content, it was a thorn in the side of movie and TV studios, thanks to having links to newest movies and TV shows. As the largest site of its kind, it showcased the power of user-driven Internet, with the site's visitors helping to keep links to content constantly updated."

..i never thought you could get in trouble for linking.. i thought these sites were safe from the law.

also worth a read:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technolo..._linking_.html

one down 25496486 more to go....

i have one of these sites... i guess its time to sell heh

so they nail him, but don't go after google and the other sites who actually hosted the videos that he linked to, hmmmm funny

the information age, the thought police and you...

I believe Google and YouTube have an immunity agreement with the studios etc as long as they have a filtering system in place and are activing trying to remove such content.

so then why did this guy get nailed for using videos posted on their services?

no idea, I just know that Google and YouTube won't get nailed.

there's a billion dollar lawsuit by Viacom against YouTube and Google.

This is a new agreement I believe that just was in the news last week, when they unveiled their new filtering system.

i always thought they weren't responsible if they didnt host.. sucks for that guy..

lol, my sister was just telling me about this site...

looks like she told you a little too late

I loved that site...and if someone is going to me for that: here's a "shut up hypocrite." in advance.

bash ...bashbashbashbashbash

Why is it everyone is refering to what the guy was doing as "linking" to videos when he was clearly "embedding" the videos.

I have a site that links to street fight videos, should I start shoping aaround for the best lube?

link to?

Or you embedding and or iframing them?

damn that Ashcroft!

It's still not breaking any laws, so how could they arrest him?

I went to the link you put up and had a poke around and found this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ernet.newmedia

They have links to lots of free tv etc. so is it ok to link but not ok to embed links, i cant see the police coming round to arrest the staff at the guardian for doing almost the same thing.
They need to stop going after the little guys all the time if the well known companies are flaunting the law then why should your average surfer care about copyright ?
I know this is simplifying things a bit but you get my point ?
Ah well just glad i am not in content :2 cents:

it's total horse shit

That he didn't host or upload.

Courts probably won't care whether a video is hosted locally or externally - if it shows on the page then it's "part" of the site.

If external inline content was recognised as such then all USA webmasters could link hotten their explicit images to a server located outside of the USA...

Why he was arested??

I don't understand..

Why arested??

link to, only 2-3 embedded

because he is a defenless individual ...

good news

Embedded links are effectively publishing. If an end user could not tell that the content wasn't on the site, it would be part of the site.

Plus you have to consider the commercialization step: If the guy embeds videos and surrounds the content with tons of ads and such, he is then intentionally stealing from others to profit from it. Without the videos (even if he doesn't host them) he would have no traffic and therefore would have no business. He needs stolen or misused content to be able to be profitable.

Good move.

Wow, that kinda blows. I have one site where I embed music videos from youtube. Guess that idea has gone down the shitter.

Sad thing is, when I check the upload date on youtube, the videos have been hosted there for years with no attempt by anyone to remove them.

damn that sucks.

After reading a bunch of news articles about it, it sounds like the pirated movies were what drew the attention. Pretty stupid posting handycam movies of stuff that is still in the theaters.

By that same useless logic, bloggers who embed videos should be arrested.
By that same useless logic, news sites that republish news with adverts should be arrested.

Not only that, the videos opened in a new window and CLEARLY stated that they were hosted somewhere else: Video From : Google.com [click for the original link]

Movies weren't the attraction: it was the TV episodes from shit that was no longer aired, generally. Had a huge back catalogue.

should have hosted it from Sweden! (or where ever the pirates hideout is) :1orglaugh

there is nothing in the youtube tos that says you cannot display ads on the pages you embed videos.

basically what your saying is that in order to use the videos youtube offers people to embed on their site , the consumer must personally verify the video is not copyright protected. seeing as how there is no way for a consumer to do this i would find this very strange

Oh well... if anyone wants to buy a site like this hit me up :winkwink: