Part of the problem is a website can have their server in a country with really lax laws. For instance, if they're running in Laos, they are subject to Laos copyright law (which is to say, none). Now, you can come along, living in the US, go and download from that site, but you are subject to US copyright law. The content owners cannot legally shut down the site, despite the content on the site being illegal in most of the world.
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