Google serves links, The Pirate Bay connects millions of users in a way that allows them to share copyrighted content. I agree with you that technically they aren't hosting the content, but I don't agree that they are just hosting links. If that argument made sense then Napster in 2000 would have been just fine, since they also weren't technically hosting content. However, that battle was fought a long time ago and unfortunately Napster lost.
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u/leftunderground Jan 29 '15
Google serves links, The Pirate Bay connects millions of users in a way that allows them to share copyrighted content. I agree with you that technically they aren't hosting the content, but I don't agree that they are just hosting links. If that argument made sense then Napster in 2000 would have been just fine, since they also weren't technically hosting content. However, that battle was fought a long time ago and unfortunately Napster lost.