[tmp231]

Less government regulation doesn’t mean violating contract law.

[ClumsyPilot]

What contract did piratebay creators violate? They never signed any contract, and neither did anyone downloading.

[fastball]

Presumably the ripper has some form of contract with whichever entity they sourced the content from, and piracy undoubtedly violates that contract / ToS.

[ClumsyPilot]

None of that could result in piratebay staff going to jail, or individual people downloading recieving legal threats

[tmp231]

Could or should? If you want to download a bunch of mp3s without paying the author, knowing that the author has not intended for you to do so, do you think that is right?

[cabalamat]

Yes it is, because copyright law (like all laws) is government regulation.