Originally Posted by d-null

agree with you to a point, but if some of the larger programs were to initiate some of these suits, it would send a strong message to the users and uploaders that they could find themselves facing court and the publicity that surrounds it

I'm sure that if some individuals were named, it would send shockwaves through the torrent and uploader communities, and you would see 99% of them not want to upload anymore

this is why stopping happily after a selfish dmca content removal request is successful doesn't really chip away at the problem at all, whereas some cut and dry lawsuits against the uploaders and torrent users would be huge