Originally Posted by Paul Markham

I don't think anyone wants to ban the technology of Torrents What we want to do is make sites clearly living off piracy held responsible for their actions. If we can see the number of links to illegal content the so can the owners. They are able to hide behind the DMCA law that's clearly inadequate for today.

The Internet is largely the West doing business with the West, few care if China blocks porn sites. Once you start allowing people who would buy, get it for free you lose customers and profits.