Everyone that is surprised that an entity that facilitates illegal file sharing is being picked on.  Ok, all of you that raised your hands… you’re idiots.  Don’t breed.

Since Napster took a dirt nap, everyone that was awake understood that any system that had a hub that could be targeted…. would be targeted.

The only system that has a hope of success is a system that doesn’t have a heart.  A network that encypts the data and utilizes blind proxies to connect between each other would solve the issue of ISP’s blocking traffic due to connection destination and data or connection type(Comcast, anyone?).

This of course still leaves the issue of a method of network awareness to be resolved.  You need a method of connecting users however, it either has to be hubless or has to utilize a system that isn’t aware of who it’s connecting.  That seems to be the sticking point for current p2p systems.

I don’t use p2p for any reason so I don’t have any incentive to make a change, but I can’t help but find TPB’s lackadaisical approach to file sharing to be folly.  Unless, of course, their intention was to do some time in prison.  Then it makes complete sense. They’ve tried every scheme to try to get out from under copyright law, including the purchase of a micronation.

It’s completely irrelevant if the harassment against them is legal or not.  It’s happening.  Further, it was completely predictable. To cap it off, a lot of us could have won some money were we allowed to bet that it would be successful(ending in prison sentences for some).

If I were to give them any advice, it would be this:

Never pick up the soap.  If you drop it, just let it go, man.