This is thanks to a Clinton Era law, by the way:
Brian McCarthy ran a website, channelsurfing.net, that linked to various sites where you could watch online streams of TV shows and sports networks.
From Demand Progress:
A couple months ago, the government seized his domain name and on Friday they arrested him and charged him with criminal copyright infringement — punishable by five years in prison.
It’s against the law to link to sites that allow circumvention of digital copyright protection. Yep—that’s the equivalent to linking to a website that teaches you how to pick locks. It’s called the DMCA.
