And thus far they're about as effective at impeding my access to copyrighted content as they are impeding my access to illegal drugs. Seriously: 1) Google "wa

And thus far they're about as effective at impeding my access to copyrighted content as they are impeding my access to illegal drugs. Seriously: 1) Google "watch 30 rock online" 2) Click first link 3) Click "Search links" for newest episode of 30 rock 4) Go to second to last page of results (just because the first and last page of results are always fake, as a rule - you always shoot for the middle) 5) Click random link 6) Watch Dove Soap ad 7) Watch tonight's episode of 30 Rock Replace "30 rock" with pretty much any other TV show (at least one that's been over for more than 30 minutes) or movie, and the same approach will get you to a working video, though you may have to click a few fake links before finding a real one. Is there a solution to this? Idunno. I do know that the "overseas" thing is a total red herring - in this particular example, that "first link" that I clicked was sidereel.com, registered to the Rovi Corporation in Santa Clara, CA. Completely and utterly within the jurisdiction of the US government, and clearly linking to pirated versions of almost every TV show that's on the air right now, and pretty much nothing else. If linking to content was such a clear and easily prosecutable crime, I'd think they'd be taking down sites like that, too, rather than leaving them active. I can't help but wonder if perhaps there's not such a legal consensus on how criminal sites like Sidereel are, and that's why they're trying to go after the endpoints that sites like this point to instead, as well as passing laws that would specifically make linking to them illegal.