… and apparently the 26-year-old owner got arrested. That site was pretty stellar, it’s truly a sad day for copyright infringers everywhere. The arrest & shut-down pose some interesting questions though, as the above link makes clear: “Is the message that it’s less criminal to host illegal content on YouTube than it is to to link to it from a site such as TV Links? Or is it just that FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and the police won’t tackle anybody with enough high-powered lawyers to fight back? Is The New Freedom blog correct in saying: “They just have so much money that they have become above the law.”’
