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Pretty sad. Google links almost completely to copyrighted content. Why isn't it illegal?

This article reads much more like a condemnation of ISOHunt specifically, though.

Indeed. Can Google be sued for this kind of search capability: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22always%20sunny%20in%20phil...

It sounds as though the issue is whether or not the site responds promptly to takedown requests. Any torrent site that did would not be popular for long. They probably don't bother sending those requests to Google because Google doesn't host the torrent files, but if someone did manage to find a way to disseminate torrents using _only_ Google then you can bet Google would get on that. They do it with YouTube, and fast too.

The content of a torrent file is closer to an HTML link. The torrent file contains no copyrighted content, so a take down notice doesn't make much sense. In fact, the torrent file only lets you recognize the content, and doesn't strictly provide a link to it, for that, you need a tracker.

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