I agree, this is not about protecting copyright at all.
Now the reason why I think this has been a complete waste of time and resources are:
1. They did not host any illegal content at all. Enough said here.
2. Most of the content was direct links to video that is hosted on community video sites like Youtube and Stage6 (DivX answer to Youtube).
Stage6 has been very popular because of it's superior video quality, and since this site is still in BETA, it has been swarmed with copyright material, however that being said, they have clamped down a lot recently by removing content a lot quicker.
3. What impact is this really going to have? If you ask me, not much. I would have to assume that anyone that knows about such a site is fully aware of protocols like "BitTorrent" and its potential to obtain copyright material, not to mention how easy these are to use (no flame here please).
Taking down tv-links.co.uk is going to have as much impact as it did with (probably less) ThePirateBay.org. Besides... how long is it going to take before another "tv-links" site surfaces to replace it?
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I agree, this is not about protecting copyright at all. Now the reason why I think this has been a complete waste of time and resources are: 1. They did not host any illegal content at all. Enough said here. 2. Most of the content was direct links to video that is hosted on community video sites like Youtube and Stage6 (DivX answer to Youtube). Stage6 has been very popular because of it's superior video quality, and since this site is still in BETA, it has been swarmed with copyright material, however that being said, they have clamped down a lot recently by removing content a lot quicker. 3. What impact is this really going to have? If you ask me, not much. I would have to assume that anyone that knows about such a site is fully aware of protocols like "BitTorrent" and its potential to obtain copyright material, not to mention how easy these are to use (no flame here please). Taking down tv-links.co.uk is going to have as much impact as it did with (probably less) ThePirateBay.org. Besides... how long is it going to take before another "tv-links" site surfaces to replace it?