Don't wanna sound like a party pooper. But isnt this the same as what movie streaming sites are shut down for, linking to sites with copyrighted material?
For information: I love to download or stream movies and tv-series.
Don't think so, as these are the exact same links as on Wikidata (and, hopefully, Wikipedia).
I think the difference is between linking to material directly, and to such a website. For example, I don't think linking to the Pirate Bay is prohibited.
Did it not also search those sites and link directly to the search results page?
I'm also not quite sure how it got taken down. I'm currently not convinced that this site nor Wikipedia are illegal for linking to these domains. If someone can either convince Wikipedia to remove those links, or make a strong case for why this is different than Wikipedia linking, I guess I'll have to take it down, yes.
There's a difference between the page for a pirated movie and the front page of TPB.
Where things really get interesting is info hashes. I could right now post a 160 bit SHA1 hash of any content on the bittorrent DHT and you could obtain it simply by tacking "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:" on the front. So perhaps simply sharing the hash of pirated content with some sort of encouragement could be enough to land you in hot water.
It's not different. As in: both are fine. It's not a crime to link to a site that links to content; TPB itself hosts no content. Linking is not a crime.
I think the difference is between linking to material directly, and to such a website. For example, I don't think linking to the Pirate Bay is prohibited.