US FED Raids New Zealand - Shuts Down Megaupload. Also Anonymous shutdown DOJ page

[Jackalope]

TPB didn't (and doesn't) host any infringing content.

I'm aware of that,neither do Bittorrent search engine generally. However,they DO facilitate illegal activity;that is THE purpose for their existence. They act within a legal loophole,which may eventually be closed. Or not.

Characterizing it as a "loophole" or as "facilitating illegal activity" is debatable. They act as an index to what's available on bittorrent, which is used for both legal and infringing content.

There are already technical ways to avoid the need for bittorrent trackers which are widely used. Going after TPB etc al makes headlines but is pretty much useless in stopping infringement.