[BC] Arrested for just telling people where to find Copywrited material.

[Mike McCarthy]

Since British law is different than USA, it's up to them to define for 
their purposes.

USA law might consider something specifically designed to circumvent the 
legal process along the lines of conspiracy.  But the burden to prove 
willfully contributing to that circumvention is a tall order for a simple 
site pointing towards another.

MM

At 05:58 AM 10/21/2007 -0400, Alan Alsobrook wrote
>Full article at.. 
>http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9066/TVLinks+Shut+Down%2C+Owner+Arrested%21
>
>
>Probably the most popular video streaming site around has been busted by 
>UK authorities.
>
>It's a sad day for streaming video fans everywhere as news has been 
>reported that TVLinks has been shut down and the owner, a 26yo man from 
>Chelteham in the UK, was arrested.
>
>Though not hosting an actual content himself, and rather merely providing 
>links to where particular titles can be found, he was nonetheless 
>apparently charged for the "facilitation" of copyright infringement.
>
>"Sites such as TV Links contribute to and profit from copyright 
>infringement by identifying, posting, organizing, 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 Federation 
>Against Copyright Theft (FACT) today.
>
>What makes the charges so odd is that he was again, only providing LINKS 
>to pirated content, and never actually hosted anything. Can linking really 
>be considered "facilitation?" If I link to TVLinks am I then a co-conspirator?
>--
>Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD CBNT
>St. Augustine Fl. 32086 904-829-8885
>aalso at Bellsouth.net
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