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I think the idea that they are only suing downloaders is incorrect. Many, many (most) of the Malibu Media cases are bittorrent users.
That means they are downloading AND distributing the content.
DMCA protects so many of these sites that just filing a lawsuit doesn't do anything. You MUST have evidence that the site is operating outside the wide latitude the DMCA gives them. If you sue without that evidence the court will dismiss the case and likely sanction the lawyer.
Think back to Spring 2012. Oron.com was the big file locker everybody hated. Over on the XBiz forum there was discussions about what to do, can we sue, etc. In that case a few determined people worked very hard behind the scenes, took some risks, and eventually came up with the evidence that showed who the owners were, that they hired people from India on freelancer sites to post (for pennies per post), that they also owned a couple of the biggest forums, that they made deals with other forums, etc.
By June, one company took the lead and filed a lawsuit but others had donated behind the scenes - with cash or labor or both. And within days Oron was gone.
Just blabbing here on GFY doesn't help at all. It takes action... AK does what he can, a few others have done what they can, but most spend more time whining than they do acting.
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