While AFVSO director Steve Howes welcomes the court's verdict in that case, he says the fine may not be collected if the offender is deported, and in any event he estimates it reps as little as 15% of the profits that the ring skimmed in the past three months.
On that front, the AFVSO has had some success, persuading ISPs to remove 300 local sites that were offering counterfeit vids in the first three months of this year.