What's especially weird to me is that a number of sites like this have existed before, and only were able to sustain themselves by turning a blind eye to piracy

What's especially weird to me is that a number of sites like this have existed before, and only were able to sustain themselves by turning a blind eye to piracy and putting wildly intrusive ads and things like countdown timers for downloads all over the place. This one now seems ready to face the exact same problems.