Quite an interesting thing, there is another tvlinks which seems to be legal. Also, sites like sidereel/ovguide and yidio are creme de la creme and they’re hosted in the US.

The TV Links I mention is at

http://www.tv-links.eu

I use it regularly for my tv shows and movie needs.

NubCakes
For all those whinging that your paying for FACT to carry out this legal process get a grip.

If it were the case that plaintiffs had to pay costs that would mean that people who didn’t have monies would be unable or unwilling to mount legal prosecutions due to monetary concerns.

No, this is the UK – the LOSER pays the costs. Seeing as how FACT are a privately owned organisation representing the “big 4″ record labels and they are responsible for bringing these allegations in the first place, then the crown prosecution service (and ultimately, us, the proletariat) shouldn’t have to pay these costs – they should be borne by those labels represented by FACT.

In reality, because this was a complete non-case and general waste of taxpayer’s resources and money based on spurious allegations built around something that doesn’t even constitute an offence (civil or criminal) under UK law, FACT should be pursued and charged with the very real offence of ‘Wasting Police Time’! It would, at the very least, dissuade them from these kinds of frivolous actions.

Their role is to protect the interests of corporate money, whether that be actors like the insurance industries (hence the enforcement of seatbelt laws, the legal requirement to buy private car insurance etc), or just HM Govt PLC.

Check it out – the government and each and every police force, court, town hall or other establishment body are actually public limited companies registered with companies house, ‘trading as’ their respective titles – you can search for them. The Revenue Collection Agency (aka police) are simply protecting the wealth of their rich clients.

Remember this each time you read about ‘FACT’ bringing in the police to raid somebody’s private home or business address. Also remember that FACT employs several ex-Revenue Collection Agents (police) too, so the ‘secret handshakes’ are commonplace between the two ‘companies’.

People don’t have to mount criminal prosecutions, that’s what we have the Crown Prosecution Service for.

If you are saying that a mega-rich industry such as the movie industry should be allowed to use taxpayers money to privately prosecute individuals instead of the state prosecutor then you are a fool.

Herein lies the problem. FACT are able to use private prosecutions to pressure, both psychologically and financially, their victims. If there is no risk to them (and there isnt if they know the UK Public will be footing the bill) then they can simply prosecute anyone they like knowing thet the mere existence of a prosecution will be enough to destroy a persons life. As we can see in this case, even though the 2 men were innocent they have lost their website and 2 years of their lives while FACT have lost….. nothing, except a case in name only.

No, FACT should not have the right to use the publics money to further the agenda of their mega-rich US owners. If they want to prosecute someone let them pay for it themselves!