I think that pirate bay was "hit" becoz it was too popular, there are still plenty other
sites/software which have been around way longer than Pbay , simply becoz fewer ppl know of them.
I aggree with a lot Speederlander says , as we know ppl like free stuff, the thing is
very little is availiable to the "common" person, only the "techies" and the like have
more access to more free stuff coz we kow where to get it. And that I feel is wot
the "suits" will struggle to prevent.
Bottom line then I guess is they can prevent the majority (who lets face it, will pay for stuff)
and can't really prevent the minority (techies - who hardly pay for stuff they can get free).
just my 5c lol.