If the Pirate Bay were somehow construed as being in US jurisdiction, they would run into this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.

If the Pirate Bay were somehow construed as being in US jurisdiction, they would run into this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.#Opinion_of_the_Court http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_...