Originally Posted by baddog

So, if Pirate Bay says they got 12 million more hits, it must be true. I can accept that, they would never lie; but even if they got a traffic spike it does not necessarily mean that everyone immediately started downloading content. Additionally, suggesting that prosecuting downloaders increased piracy or the three strike law increased piracy means if they had done neither piracy would have decreased or stayed the same and that is not true because it is always increasing.