Quote Originally Posted by hallwagner View Post
look, regardless the website is providing illegal "items" to a consumer. if i start up a website and sell massive quantities of weapons and drugs to people, the government doesn't need to have much reason/permission to shut it down. i think the point you guys are missing is that piracy is illegal, why does the government need a to research and go through court processes to stop something that is wrong? the internet is not free, and i dont know why anybody would think that. governments are on the lookout all the time for certain things and shutting them down as well. would you people be angry if sites providing nuclear weapon sales, child porn, and slaves were shut down. bottom line is that illegal activity will be stopped no matter how minor or insignificant it may seem.
Sorry, Wagner, but you're confusing civil law with criminal law. Torrenting is not a crime. It's not illegal. It's a tort, which is settled in civil court. All of your examples deal with criminal law, permitting law enforcement agencies to take action preliminary to criminal charges. It doesn't work that way in civil law.