[RawAlex]

Paul, sorry but trying to scare the uploaders isn't working very well for the music or movie industries - they always end up with pie on their faces and nobody is scared by it.

Reality is this: The court system can handle only a certain number of cases per year. If you are really very aggressive and very diligent, you might get 1 in 10 million uploaders into court, and then you have to prove your case. Even those who settle out of court is a drop in the bucket.

Literally, you would be emptying the ocean with a spoon. It might give you a nice feeling, but it does little.

The true solution comes from tracking down the income for these sites. The Pirate Bay makes money from selling ads and promoting products on the pages right next lists of stolen content, software, and videos. Trust me, you remove the income potential from these sites, and these guys disappear in seconds. They aren't into this on principal, they are into it for the money.

Remove the income, remove the reason (and the abiltity to stay hosted) that these sites exist.

Going the other way just pisses off your true potential customers and does little to resolve the problem.