[mishmash]

4chan likely makes much more money than is reported.. with moot putting forward this broke-kid image, I would think he becomes a much smaller target for the various entities, laws, and copyrights they trample on.

It's sort of like how the IFPI used the "profitable" motive in it's arguments against the Pirate Bay.

Poor people make poor lawsuit targets.

[joshu]

This is not correct. It is very expensive to host, which chews up the profits.

[fragmede]

Arguable, poor people make great targets because they're less likely to be able to defend themselves.

[mishmash]

Ah an RIAA rep, welcome to Hacker News. :)

[pinksoda]

Those people are "judgment proof" because even if you get a judgment that says they owe you a billion dollars, you'll never collect a dime.

[fragmede]

That's step 1.

Step 2 is using the billion dollar judgement as a precedent when suing people with a little bit of money.