“For the trackers that we scraped, we recorded a minimum of 117,420,061 current seeds.”

“we can show that at least a million
different files are being shared on BitTorrent”

Over a million files with 117 million seeders. Wow again!

The study did not seem to determine the number of real people responsible for the infringements, however when you consider that the proportion of leachers vs. seeders for public trackers is usually very high this would tend to suggest that there must be millions of individuals around the world that are freely participating in this mass copyright violation. Astounding!

The study does a great job of illustrating the serious need for world copyright reform. That is a conclusion that few would argue with, including your arch nemesis, Dr. Geist.

The question in this light is; is it reasonable to criminalize the actions of so many people as is the current trend in copyright reform?

When you have so many people (millions) who have made it clear through their actions, that they do not agree with the extent of rights granted to copyright holders, and when enforcing those rights becomes a significant burden to the state, and requires the loss of privacy and private property rights for the individual, perhaps it is time to look for more imaginative solutions rather than simply giving more powers of enforcement to the established industries.