In other words, users, who torrent, will torrent even without pirate bay; users, who don't torrent, won't really start to.
Or they'll just use any free proxy/VPN. TPB nowadays just serves magnet hashes, even the slowest, more restricted link is enough. The rest goes through DHT.
In other words, users, who torrent, will torrent even without pirate bay; users, who don't torrent, won't really start to.