While TPB's technology is certainly replicable, it will take considerable bandwidth and expertise to duplicate their capabilities, and the legal precedent
set by their conviction will narrow the field of contenders to do so. Why do you think other sites rely on them rather than doing their own tracking and
hosting?
P2P has certainly proven vulnerable to disruption on the "convenience" level, particularly where it relies on a centrally hosted database (as Napster
did, and as TPB and other bittorrent sites do). Illegal bitorrents certainly won't just vanish, but if they become less convenient to find, they will be
used less.
set by their conviction will narrow the field of contenders to do so. Why do you think other sites rely on them rather than doing their own tracking and
hosting?
P2P has certainly proven vulnerable to disruption on the "convenience" level, particularly where it relies on a centrally hosted database (as Napster
did, and as TPB and other bittorrent sites do). Illegal bitorrents certainly won't just vanish, but if they become less convenient to find, they will be
used less.