So you dont have an ounce of symphathy for a Ukrainian where they only make 145€ per month? Shame on him for not buying 40€ Blue Ray

Ah, that sucks. Don't worry, another popular torrent hosting site will soon arise from the ashes. I remember awhile back I used to frequent Mininova.org for most torrents before they were ordered to remove all copyrighted content from the site, which was like 99.9% of all content. I used to use WinMX too in the mid 00's, a popular P2P network that arose after Napster's demise, and wasn't as notorious for viruses as Kazaa and Limewire were. Then that got shut down.

Man, we just might be witnessing the end of the "golden era" of the internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/3/11852146/music-industry-fighting-youtube-dmca (Sony is part of the RIAA)
https://www.vg247.com/2013/02/26/nintendo-targets-brazil-china-mexico-and-spain-in-piracy-report/
https://torrentfreak.com/square-enix-eidos-other-game-giants-all-demand-cash-from-pirates-120115/
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119647&page=1

I just looked these up quick, I can find more.

Not sure what you are suggesting, are you suggesting if you are poor or dont earn a lot of money you can by all means break the law and steal things?

Its a shame that people in Ukrain are not earning lots of cash, but I dont think its reasonable to say they take stuff that other people have worked hard for for free because of that.

First of all, how do you know what this specific Ukranian makes?

Second of all, how much he makes is irrelevant. I can sympathize with poor people, and it sucks that people around the world are poor, but that doesn't mean that they get a free pass for comitting crime.

Thats like 1/3 rd of the worlds population.... the world couldnt sustain keeping that many in there, and for a mostly harmless crime.

If it would happen then China would become the largest prison population in the world.  USA can't let that happen!  We deserve to be number 1 with are ineffective drug laws.  USA! USA! USA!

Ukraine is a signatory nation of The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as is Poland where this guy was apprehended so if you have complaints with enforcement of and governance of copyright, take it up with them, they signed up.  

Oh, and as pointed out earlier, Japanese companies do pursue copyright infringers.  As do other companies from other nations all around the globe.  That is the point of the Berne Convention.

And lastly, this guy is not some poverty stricken nobody, he was the owner of a lucrative site profiting on the illegal distrubution of copyrighted material.  And the bulk of his customers weren't poverty stricken Ukrainians, they were probably people in well off nations (like the states) with plenty of discretionary money to buy a freaking Blu-ray.  

I guess you are right. I should feel sorry for the owner of this site, who is so poor, he can barely afford the food on his plate. After all, a 54 million dollar net worth doesn't get you much these days.