Exactly: I was disturbed by this idea that a US organisation should keep a list of all websites 'both foreign and domestic' that they will choose to enforce Ame

Exactly: I was disturbed by this idea that a US organisation should keep a list of all websites 'both foreign and domestic' that they will choose to enforce American law on. The reason The Pirate Bay et al have kept going is that they're not subject to DMCA take-down notices as they are not American. Look at the number of form-letter DMCA take-down notices TPB have posted up here: http://thepiratebay.org/legal http://thepiratebay.org/legal - it's as if they didn't even consider the possibility that there's a world where American law does not apply!