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The reality is that as fast as people like the RIAA shut down one source of files, another springs up or is already in place and simply handles the new load as people move to it from the one shut down.
Usenet Binaries are full of movies, games, books and pretty much everything else you might want to find only difference being Usenet requires a little bit more technical knowledge to make use of. Is the RIAA going to try to shut down all the Usenet providers in the US? And when they do... that simply means people will shift to non-US Usenet providers.
The Internet is worldwide and it extends well beyond the reach of US laws and US courts.
I don't think the silly people at RIAA even remotely believe they can shut such things down and put a stop to them.
I think what is happening is that these folks don't have a clue as to what's really happening or the imagination to come up with new ways of using the technology that exists to distribute media but are simply looking for short term ways to increase quarterly profits. I think they figure that doing so will benefit them personally and it is someone else's problem later on as to how to deal with the new "reality" of the changing technology.
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