It's also user generated content. So it's akin to the OnlyFans "mirrors" or Pateron "mirrors". It's absolutely taking money away from creators and I'm totally okay with the action against the operators.
The article stage some sites got shut down. It does not sound like normal delisting on google. The normal dmca takedowns on google are usually for specific content/urls.
Guess hosting etc. was in US for DMCA to be applicable to these sites