The great thing about the interwebs, is that when one site is taken down (to the sound of blaring trumpets and chest-pounding), there's dozens of others just like it flying under the radar. It's only the high-profile (aka mainstream) that you become a worthy target. It's like swatting locusts: you don't have a big enough swatter to take them all out.

And it's not Poser stuff that drives this. It's mega-corporations who make billions from film, tv, and music. I'm having a hard time feeling sympathy for anyone involved. Nor do I feel like the FBI is doing me any favors, but then I'm not a billionaire.

Why does Anonymous take on stuff like this? Because they can. That's what they do. The more high-profile, the better... sort of like the feds.

Honestly, as countries switch from producing actual products, to a service-based economy you're going to see worse. One must pay for everything, everything has to be regulated, controlled, and come with a license. It is 2012, after all.