I think that it is important to emphasize is that the reason why they want to see it dead is because they want the community to build something new and better instead of relying on an over 10 year old service. They want to see some innovation.

Further reading (by Peter Sunde himself): [1] http://blog.brokep.com/2014/12/09/the-pirate-bay-down-foreve... [2] http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/11/peter-sunde