I wonder how hosting a torrent is different to google showing a link to a pirated movie, both are just holding data that tells you where to find the content, not the content itself

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throwaway894345 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think Google is expected to abide DMCA takedowns in such cases, but IANAL. My understanding is that even an indirect reference (such as a link or infohash) is a DMCA violation.

	▲	extraduder_ire 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		They happily link to a prime number that will decrypt DVDs in blatant disregard for the DMCA, however. I don't believe they received a takedown request for this one. https://www.theregister.com/2001/09/11/worlds_first_decss_ex...

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weberer 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That was The Pirate Bay's defense and... they're still around.

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akimbostrawman 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

neither "hosts" the content. they both just point to the destination with the content.