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The response to comic book piracy has been relatively mild. This just points that out. The website that was shut down was not a primary distributor of unauthorized comics (not nearly to the extent of file locker sites, torrents, IRC, and DC++). It was just one site that was run by a bellicose individual with an already tainted past. He was kind of asking to get to where he is now. Besides, comic companies generally don't have the resources to waste fighting other distribution sites that can actually have a legal purpose. With large organizations like the MPAA and the RIAA pouring (wasting) hundreds of thousands of dollars into fighting the same fight comic companies might be interested in, they needn't get involved at all. If any precedent a comic book company can piggyback on is set, then they get the advantages of a winning court battle without the expenses.
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