I was wondering, how do authorities take down websites ? Can't they ban a domain name from a registry, Why and how is thepiratebay.se still active ? Why is it so hard to take it down ? Why do authorities go after the servers and not the domain names ?
PS: I certainly don't want to get into an argument on whether TPB and others should or not be taken down
What's even better are the websites that they host their streams on are constantly changing names since they keep getting taken down, or throttled but the templates the websites use are exactly the same: the type of embedded video players, the font, format, etc. The only thing they change is the color and the name.
But yes banning a domain name is possible, or ICE can take it down but that only applies to American websites.
It's impossible for websites to be taken down but it is possible to limit their exposure and that is to have an American version of the great firewall, but that'll never happen, hopefully...