Okay, pretty much everything has been settled so I'll explain what happened. I posted a link to a website that was recently mentioned on SlashDot. The website was an MP3 service located in Russia, and I was curious as to what people thought about it since there are some legal ramifications to what they are doing.
The thread is now located
here.
A moderator temporarily deleted the thread after believing the thread was a form of site plugging. He/She/It also mentioned that MP3 and filesharing discussion brought about a "bad air" in the forums. I was curious as to what brought about this decision, and figured posting the question would bring about an interesting discussion.
The moderator returned the post and apologized (which wasn't necessary, but appreciated nevertheless), and I managed to gain more insight into this community. So everybody wins.
Thanks to everyone for being so helpful.