Gideon, you would be talking out your ass now.
Without the trackers, the torrent world would fall to pieces. It is an integral part now of finding the files and feeding those torrent listing sites. Without the trackers, the files would be much harder to find. In fact, if all the trackers dropped off the face of the internet tomorrow, it would become almost impossible for people to find and download the stolen materials. From Wikipedia:
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A BitTorrent tracker is a server which assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol. It is also, in the absence of extensions to the original protocol, the only major critical point, as clients are required to communicate with the tracker to initiate downloads. (Clients that have already begun downloading also communicate with the tracker periodically to negotiate with newer peers and provide statistics; however, after the initial reception of peer data, peer communication can continue without a tracker.)
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You are so seriously talking out of your ass.
You are also a very, very poor reader. I said:
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yes, I know, TPB isn't in the US... but I am citing it to show you how this stuff happens in the real world
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This is an example only of how the rules and regulations of different countries can be applied. In this case, it is clear (at least in the US) that you don't have to actually be giving away or selling stuff to profit from it's distribution.
"fair use" doesn't mean unlimited free distrubution. Viacom reached only as far one way as youtube had reached the other. Fair use of a short (promo length) clips isn't a real issue, but putting up entire episodes or complete sequences from shows or movies is a real issue. If an end user can easily click a series of links and enjoy an entire show or movie, then fair use isn't a real issue.
Of course, you know that the viacom vs Youtube thing is ongoing, and youtube is very likely to get it's corporate dick slapped into the dirt very hard indeed.
But then again, you are mistakenly using US only law, aren't you? You argue the points only when you think they benefit you? Bad debate techniques!
As for the hackers, TPB would have to prove that the swedish affiliates are the companies that specifically hired the hackers, which is VERY unlikely. Further, I doubt greatly that the "proof" put forth by TPB is anything other than a fabrication from whole cloth.