If they are allowed to get taken down over LINKING. Doesn't that make the entire internet pretty much obsolete?

I mean, why should it only be for this website that links? Links are copyrighted material? I'm confused. Internet 2 here we come. One sector at a time.

I dont know what exactly has been filed against them but they have not been taken offline. Currently the site is still up and running.

I think they have been taken down before but they simply set up servers in a country where they cant be touched

I hope this wont go to far. I remember when they first got taken down, they survived that and I think they will survive this.

Like you said, they are only linking to other sites and points of interest. I think this is more likely just some red tape slap that people are hoping will stick.

It could set a dangerous precident for Bit Torrent though, Id hate to see my fave sites go down...

You can really only flip the authorities the bird so many times before they figure out a way to get you. They really have made a target of themselves with the way they laugh at the authorities. I hope they don't go down, but when they finally do... they are going to go down hard.

Pirate Bay is not just linking, but a provider of torrent links.

For those that are aware of torrents, it is links yes, but more importantly, peer-to-peer file sharing.

Now when you cross the line from just linking to pages that are publically available, to linking to torrent peers for the sole purpose of propagating copyrighted materials illegally, then you are breaking the law and in most countries.


Yes if it were JUST links, then it would be ok, but when it is the inbetween for torrent connections, now you are facilitating the peer-to-peer functionality.

Torrents are the current focus of the large copyright holders, and one of the hardest to prosecute.

Seems like legal precidents are being set, and likely will be upheld.