Regarding the so called
illegal sites and mods.
NONE of them are illegal. If they where, you would see people being slapped with court orders to cease and desist, ISPs pulling plugs combined with raids on servers, and individuals being fined hefty sums and force to pay damages. NONE of that is going on.
What is really happening is that certain groups for their OWN purposes wish these conversions, leaked material and what-have-you and those that spread them to be shunned, so that what they consider inconvenient or unethical problems are surpressed.
There is a HUGE difference. 'nuff said!
It's only after we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything.