[fjtorres]

Taking him to court would've deterred the confessed pirate but hardly anybody else.
Most casual pirates (and the guy is clearly not a Dotcom-grade commercial thief) simply don't stop to think of consequences, especially since lawsuits are expensive to file and run. "It's not worth the grief to them."
Well, this is cheap and will follow the dude for a long time.

Name and shame can be deployed on anybody, which why so many are antsy about it.

Goodkind apparently has enough proof in this case (plus the resources) to defend himself if it does end up in court, but the question to ponder is what if somebody else with less evidence tries it. He might not finger the right person or not be able to make it stick.

Still, the precedent is out there.
Something else for casual pirates to ponder before uploading copyrighted material.