Tv-links.co.uk

TV Links

Screenshot of the TV Links front page on October 10, 2007
Type of site	Video directory
Owner	David Rock
Created by	David Rock
Revenue	Donations and Image Ads
Website	tv-links.co.uk (defunct)
Alexa rank	206 (October 2007)
Commercial	Yes
Launched	October 2006
Current status	Offline; domain now hosts a different website

TV Links was a user contributed online video directory for television programmes, films, and music videos. In a similar style to BitTorrent trackers such as The Pirate Bay, video content was not hosted by TV Links. Instead, videos were hosted by third-party video sharing websites. The website was operated as a hobby by David Rock of Cheltenham, England.

On October 18, 2007, the website's servers, located in the Netherlands, were raided and shut down by Gloucestershire police in cooperation with the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) in response to complaints received from major US film studios about TV Links. No official clarification has been made to date as to why the website was shut down. Simultaneously, David Rock was arrested, and later released pending further investigation, without being charged with a crime. Although FACT initially stated that the raid was performed because of allegations of copyright infringement, it later stated that Rock was arrested for trademark infringement.

TV Links launched on October 2006, following a surge in services of its kind. At that time, it provided hyperlinks to videos on video sharing websites.

On about March 20, 2007, the website was updated to use a streaming web-based video player, and direct external links were no longer made available.