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The article does not list the organizational's internal operating expenses. I can think of two possibilities:

The Good

The pirate was a Fully Automated Communist. The service was consuming $75,000 a month in hosting, and turning zero of that into profit. All staffers were unpaid volunteers working to sabotage mass media profits.

This is the zero marginal cost model for sabotaging profits. I salute any pirate who uses it. If this was the case then I wish I could volunteer to serve their jail time for them. This person is a hero.

The Sad

This pirate was drawing a profit and personal income from the revenue stream. Then I still salute their ability to scale a service and meet user needs. But I hope the time they now serve will harden them rather than break them, and awaken them to the cause and need for post-profit piracy models.

Perhaps we can send this person a letter, to outreach our support and hopes to them.