deathboy | FACT

Interesting, if not surprising, to see after being taken down, TV-Links is being characterised (by FACT) as profitable, and OiNK as "lucrative".

I've not used OiNK, and I can't remember entirely if TV-Links had ads, but even if it did, I would venture a gues that they barely offset the hosting costs of such popular sites.

As I say, I didn't go on OiNK, but if it's like any one of the long list of torrent sites I'm a member of, far from making a profit from donations, they depend on them to soften the server rental and rarely break even.

I'm pretty sure that TV-Links did not, as reported, allow you to download anything, too, but again... I can't act surprised that people can't be bothered fact-checking and have swallowed FACT press-releases.

I wonder if FACT did, knowing his contact details, ever try talking to the TV-Links guy instead of just showing up and arresting him? And, as this article mentions, I wonder how they justify not going after Google (who own YouTube), but snapping up this small-fry (who won't be able to afford quite as robust a legal defence) instead...

Rather than improve their business practices, they make criminals of us all. Roll up, roll up, to buy your DRM-laden tracks and re-buy your favourite movies on this year's new format. Watch shows on TV, because we love the ad revenue, but don't you dare get interested in any streams we don't control. Piracy funds terrorism! You're all guilty, all of you! Wait... wait... come back... where did they go?