[yitchelle]

I am not a lawyer nor do I understand the legal aspects, but if this fella's site only offers links to songs, then it strikes me that search companies like Google, Bing etc may be on same murky legal grounds. Do a search for the mp3 from your favourite artist, and some warez sites will pop up offering links to your artists' songs.

Is this just a case of a bully picking on someone who has little hope of defending himself?

[minikomi]

And in regards to the argument that the intent of the site was to encourage copyright infringement, as a thought experiment, what is the legality of a site which provides links to copyright material claiming the intent to be helping copyright holders find infringing material?

[jahewson]

The difference is that Bing and Google follow the DMCA, so although they may commit the same "crime" under international law they are effectively pardoned by the US.

[rplnt]

Same for torrents and no one seems to care. On the other hand, I remember HN readers protecting megaupload (which DID host the copyrighted content).

[Joakal]

Yes, copyrighted content that the copyright owners had hosted. Now they can't access it. Your point is?