[jrockway]

This is America's new legal strategy: beating up the small guys with big sticks. Companies with patents go after small companies or individual developers with their patents -- IBM never gets sued for patent infringement. Companies with copyrights go after as many little guys as possible, and make their money "in volume" because file-sharing lawsuits are cheaper to settle than to contest.

This is not "promoting the progress of the arts"; it's bullies shaking us all down, with the government happily watching.