Mikhail and Lauri did not understand each other on this point. Mikhail says the pirate claims 82,000 visitors and that is since the inception of his site which could have been a long time ago. We have NO experience base when dealing solely with internet piracy to make these statements. I suggest MPAA has knowledge of one NET Act case based in Eugene, Oregon. After receiving a complaint from the University of Oregon, the FBI obtained a search warrant for the computer of a student who was offering downloads of games, software, movies and music.
Prosecution is pending.
MPAA has provided the FBI with information regarding the movies offered by the student on the Internet. Unfortunately, the FBI is faced with the problem of establishing the value of the loss caused by the student. The failure of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to follow Congress mandate and issue new Sentencing Guidelines for intellectual property crimes is now apparent. Thus, an unlimited number of college students, each with a website featuring nine downloadable motion pictures, might arguably be outside the reach of the law. When Congress passed the NET Act, it understood that revised Sentencing Guidelines were needed to deter intellectual property theft.