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Re:Show HN: SubSync – Automatically download subtitles for y... by tinus_hn on Monday April 09, 2018 @10:33AM (#16793271)
In a way there is nothing illegal about offering links to another site. But subtitles are a derivative work of the original text so they are copyrighted and also you typically only need subtitles for movies obtained in a questionable way. So you immediately get involved in legally shady stuff.

The main problem is that if you get sued you stand to lose a lot of money, even if you eventually win.

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