TVCatchup is Bent?

Mar 21

I just came across this post on another blog. Quite shocking really!

Wow – TVcatchup.com == ukvpn.net

So, after their much publicized vendetta against people in the UK choosing to use VPNs to access their service, tvcatchup.com finally reveal their real motives.

Wow – TVcatchup.com == ukvpn.net

So, after their much publicized vendetta against people in the UK choosing to use VPNs to access their service, tvcatchup.com finally reveal their real motives.

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arcana

March 21st, 2010 at 9:39 PM

Heh this is quite a sh!tstorm actually.
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1731688&page=
http://www.thelocal.se/discuss/index.php?showtopic=29633
Steve

March 23rd, 2010 at 1:56 PM

Shit storm where the rumour was started by disgruntled VPN operators… go figure Sherlock lol
arcana

March 24th, 2010 at 12:15 AM

I don’t know if you read the article but the evidence seems clear:

With my interest piqued, I continued to investigate tvcatchup and ukvpn, and it turns out that they’re both hosted with netrino.co.uk. Netrino is owned and operated by Chris Wilkens, a well know close associate of TVcatchup. Additionally, it appears that UKVPN is owned and operated by Inviba.com, a company owned by Adam Smith. Guess who was a co-founder of tvcatchup.com…. that’s right – the very same Mr Smith!

Not only that but ukvpn.net suddenly closed their doors and announced they’d been sold… like almost immediately. Doesn’t look particularly innocent.

UKVPN.net Has Been Sold
All current subscriptions will shortly be refunded whilst we move the service.
An improved service will be launching shortly.
Existing members, please check your email for updates.

I’ve absolutely no doubt that many VPN providers were disgruntled with TVCatchup’s aggressive stance on proxies but if they were indeed providing their own VPN service then it would be hypocritical. Especially when they accused other VPN operators of “illegal” activity by streaming the content abroad.
Samuel

May 22nd, 2010 at 1:15 AM

If the “evidence” was so “clear”, how come nothing has ever happened since? Why would they close down their “own” VPN??? Why would TVCatchup give a damn about anyone else’s VPN service if they have their own?

It wasn’t an article, it was a hate posting by a disgruntled VPN operator who had been chucked out of TVCatchup for illegally flogging services to circumvent copyright law ( Section 296 ZB of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988 – yes I am a lawyer), which states:

A service the purpose of which is to enable or facilitate the circumvention of effective technological measures.

Yep, go figure Sherlock
arcana

May 29th, 2010 at 1:45 AM

You answered your own question then. If that statement about copyright law is accurate, then that’s why they might close it down once exposed.

The reason they might be so aggressive against other VPN companies might be to monopolise the service for themselves so that if people outside the UK wanted to use a VPN service to watch TV Catchup then only TVCatchup’s own VPN service could be guaranteed to work since they won’t firewall themselves.

The motive is certainly there.

The article highlighted links between those 2 companies which you’ve made no attempt to explain. You seem quite passionate about the issue so I assume you’d explain the innocence of the association if you could.
arcana

May 29th, 2010 at 8:04 PM

Ah I see from your IP addresses that you’re actually from TVCatchup. That’s amusing. Mebbies I should ban YOU from MY site!

ROFL.

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