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Geocities promoted piracy for years by not policing content. I've seen thousands of stories, pieces of artwork, and articles on various topics copied from other spots around the web without permission of the owner.
Of course, bloggers don't have the political clout that publishing companies do, so they were stuck filing individual complaints... just as the law requires.
If the law isn't adequate to protect people's interests, it is perhaps worth considering why, and asking if the public in general--rather than the tiny fraction who feel their rights are being infringed--wants or needs that law in place. Certainly, the purpose of law is not to enact more and more draconian restrictions on many people, in order to protect a tiny number from unproven damages. (Anyone got any indication that Dan Brown's sales are off because of unauthorized downloads? That Rowling would've sold more books if they hadn't been digitized & shared around the web?)
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