Quote Originally Posted by joeprogrammer
The Pirate Bay is located in Sweden, and the rules there state that it is not illegal to distribute the torrents for illegal software, which is exactly what these sites are doing.
Not entirely true, because TPB was shut down a few months ago, all their severs taken by the police. The investigation is in progress, but will probably take some time. TPB is now back in Sweden, but won't be touched until the investigation is done, it seems.
They hope to convict the owners for helping (english legal term?) the distribution of copyrighted material.