Tears for TvLinks

Posted by neha | Ramblings, Websites | Thursday 25 October 2007 12:30 pm

Sometimes, when I am at home*, I can’t help but want to watch the “All good things…” episode of Star Trek, The Next Generation. As mentioned earlier, I don’t own a DVR; In such situations, there was one place I could always turn– Tvlinks.co.uk.

Like many of you, I discovered that the bloke behind TvLinks was arrested for facilitating the viewership of copyrighted media a few days ago. I instantly clicked on my bookmarked page and was rather disappointed by the loss of a good friend..err..website.

RIP TV

I know that the government insists on raining on every net pirates parade, but why him? He not only had a disclaimer on his site, but he also did not provide videos–just links. It was bloody genius really. I believed this guy was going to make it, but the damn feds always have to persecute people, even if its an individual who is standing by the sidelines of “crime.” I am totally having Seinfeld “good Samaritan” flashbacks. Have no clue what I’m talking about? You’ll probably have to buy the DVD for like $30+ bucks, since the beloved site has been shut down.

Anyway, when I found out the site was gone, I madly searched for other sites that would have similar content. It was the Napster to Morpheus switch all over again. Except this time, I couldn’t seem to find a site that has the clean interface and good connected links as the UK site. I know of Joox, but that site does not have the selection [or the intuitive web page] that I am looking for.

Have any of you come across anything that will fill this void? Or will I have to resort to amateur You Tube videos to entertain me on slow news days? PLZ HALP!

*That actually means work, but I didn’t want to sound like a slacker.

12 Comments »

  1. Comment by Davor — October 25, 2007 @ 12:36 pm

    Don’t cry for tv-links, you have joox. It’s much better imho:

    http://joox.net

  2. Comment by Seth — October 25, 2007 @ 2:23 pm

    You may want to check out a site that was posted in the comments to that Slashdot article, alluc.org. While it’s no where near as nice as TV-Links was, it’s not too bad.

    I just found TV-Links not even a week ago. It was great for watching shows on the Wii, it’s a shame it’s gone.

  3. Comment by Joseph — October 25, 2007 @ 2:52 pm

    Maybe I’m Way behind, or just don’t give a crap. but until it was mentioned on I think BOL, I had no idea of it’s very existence.

    I agree that the Copyright Police have bigger problems than this dude, but how much sorrow can I feel for a service I’ve never used and never intended to use.

  4. Comment by fnuz — October 28, 2007 @ 7:11 am

    check out fnuz you can search for free movies throught hundred of sites
    http://www.fnuz.com

  5. Comment by Mark — October 28, 2007 @ 2:49 pm

    Hello! Like your ramblings- mine are more visual. Feel free to check the work out and pass along.

    Cheers

    M ROOKER

  6. Comment by Mark — October 28, 2007 @ 2:49 pm

    Hello!
    I like your ramblings- mine are more visual. Check out the work- http://www.mrooker.com, feel free to pass it along.

    Cheers

    M Rooker

  7. Comment by Mike — November 26, 2007 @ 8:58 am

    surfthechannel.com
    watch-movies.net

    -welcome

  8. Comment by hehe good news!! — January 21, 2008 @ 5:08 pm

    Dont worry dude!! if your realy that sad about tv-links.co.uk! well guess what tv-links is smarter than you think!! they made another website jus the same its http://www.tv-links.cc Enjoy! the new website!! its the smae thing!! party!!!! forget about the rip lol!! have fun!

  9. Comment by |dearthanatos| — January 25, 2008 @ 2:38 pm

    Thanks for the “sad” guy :P

    Hugs from PORTUGAL

  10. Comment by Norman Roberts — February 2, 2008 @ 6:35 am

    NSR has over 350 free movie sites with the latest releases.
    http://www.nosubscriptionrequired.net/

  11. Comment by rhys — May 17, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

    You can actually see tvlinks’s new site at TV Links

  12. Comment by rhys — May 31, 2008 @ 9:26 am

    Hey,

    Can you do a blog post about my new site Free TV Links

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