RIAA: Let's Kill All the Swappers

The recent Verizon ruling (.pdf) seems to have put wind in the sales of the Copyright Cartel. Armed, now with the ability to get the name and number of every potential file swapper, the cartel will likely ask prosecutors to seek indictments under an "obscure law called the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act that ... makes peer-to-peer (P2P) pirates liable for $250,000 in fines and subject to prison terms of up to three years." [via Declan McCullagh]

How will swappers react? The Journal indicates that subscribers will need to shield their identities or disguise their IP information: "Freenet offers this capability by decentralizing the traded files and making users anonymous. But it remains a highly technical undertaking for average users, and it makes searching for files harder than it would be with other swapping services."