As part of the clampdown on illegal streaming, the US government have gone from shutting down websites to throwing the book at the owners. In the latest move a man from Texas has been arrested and accused of illegal streaming on the Channelsurfing.net website.
Channelsurfing.net shut down
The website was shut down by the feds back on February 1st, and a man from Texas has now been arrested on allegations of illegal streaming of sporting events across the web. The accused, Bryan McCarthy aged 32 was arrested on Thursday am, and has been charged with criminal infringement of a copyright.
The immigration and Customs Enforcement (also known as ICE) have been seizing website domain names from around the world and replacing the websites with a statement for visitors that the US government have seized it.
Channelsurfing.net was said to have made McCarthy over $90,000 from advertising on the site, and ICE have said the site has had over 1.3 million hits since seizure. The website was accused of linking via an iframe to live sporting including the NFL, NBA and NHL. There were also streams from UFC and WWE.
Although the website did not host any streaming itself, the fact that they linked direct to the streams puts them (it seems) in an illegal position.
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The guy did nothing wrong! The only thing he is guilty of is being a genius at managing data of sites that have these streams. They are going after the wrong guys. The internet nation will live on.
We must take power back! These cable co. scammers have the upper hand for now! We need to demand an itunes type of purchase, get the channels u want when u want them! Till then in protest will cont. to find ways!
I’m so glad that ICE has the illegal immigration problem solved that now they have the time to go after peddly cable theft…….
My question is… Are the feds now after worldtvpc.com as you guys do the same thing linking to free TV/Sport listings…?
I better watch my back because i pass about everyday how to get free TV/Sports streams…
Thank you Homeland Security – I feel EVER so much safer now that terroristic sports games cannot invade my computer and kill me and my family! You are truly an American Treasure!
WFT, dont these guys in “ICE” have anything else better to do. this website helped me get through my deployment in afghanistan. i was able to watch my favorite sports team from half a world away. “ICE” can shove it…..
Why is this a matter of Homeland Security?
Yay! Patriot Act!!
I would argue that we do not link to live sports/games etc. our sports listings comprise of websites that show streaming including many networks. Any illegal sites that stream content they should not will (I’m sure) get shut down soon, if they are not already. We do link to sites that claim to offer streaming but it is only the same information you can access from a Google search.
Greed of CORPORATE/WALL STREET CONTROLLED government. All professional sports are corporate sponsored labels