Couple bros got it right....
I'll tell you a story....grab a cup of coffee
A few years ago my brother in law got busted and did 2 years in a federal prison in the States. What he did was go to Limewire in the morning search for "porn", select all, and download all. He would come back in a few hours to see what he got (downloaded).
Part of what he got was childporn. He's not into that, and he deleted it. This went on for approximately 3 months. Then one day, the FBI came into his shop and arrested him for possession and distribution of child porn. When they searched his computer they didn't find any child porn. As I said, he's really not into that.
However, because he was using bit torrents where he was unknowingly "seeding," by definition of the law that technically represents "distribution." And that's what he was busted for--distribution.
Now, to get to the point...off the record, the prosecutor told my brother in law that he knows he's not really guilty in the sense that we would expect distribution to be. And my brother in law told the prosecutor and the FBI, then why don't they close sites like limewire down? Their response was more or less...they keep it open because that's how the FEDS catch people. For years, Limewire was a tool for the FEDS and one of the easiest ways for them to catch childporn was by keeping sites like limewire open.
So if you ever wonder why the MDA shuts down some sites and keeps this one open when parts of it obviously promotes illegal activity, its because like the FEDS, this website is a tool for the AV, and I would guarantee the AV wants this website open....because this is where they get a lot of their info...we are all spoonfeeding them.
Today limewire finally has more or less shut down, but there are bit torrent sites still such as iso hunt and pirate bay among a few.
To end this story, my brother in law is out of prison, but for the rest of his life he is labeled as a sexual offender. Whenever he applies for work, moves to a new house, wherever he goes, he has to register himself as a sexual offender. As mentioned, you all had better believe that this website is a definite tool for AV.
Loose lips sink ships........