[Snickerdoodle]

The whole thing of piracy doesn't hurt the consumers of it as they simply want to watch anime for free. It hurts those who create it as they're losing in potential earnings from the websites and companies that are licensed to distribute it.

The companies are also operating under the illusion that they can somehow stop it entirely. Even if DMCA became enforceable globally, people would just rely on magnet links and private trackers.

It's a real shame though, some of these sites were very nice. While I download most of what I watch, AnimeKai had an excellent site and functioned practically like Netflix.

Exactly and a lot of the people who've already pirated have long been downloading episodes and movies offline on their local devices and could easily reupload them on newer platforms that would rise again in the future.