Methods of abuse never stop evolving so long as there's a free product available to attempt to hijack. The problem won't stop being persistent, and the government is only going to get more frequent in their take-downs. Switching from innocent until proven guilty, to guilty until lucky if you can even defend yourself, will eventually make it very dangerous to open yourself up via free services.
Worse, if the government keeps lowering the bar on qualification for shutdown, the margin for mistake will be so small that the best effort possible won't be good enough. There will be mistakes, fraud will slip through, and boom you're toast.
If the Feds keep going in this direction, at some point the risk of a free system will not outweigh the benefit. Before 2012 is over, there will be enough of these examples to start scaring the hell out of the average web service - if we're not there already.
Government enforcement of policies like this rely on scaring large numbers of operators through a small number of intense persecutions. It works unfortunately.
Worse, if the government keeps lowering the bar on qualification for shutdown, the margin for mistake will be so small that the best effort possible won't be good enough. There will be mistakes, fraud will slip through, and boom you're toast.
If the Feds keep going in this direction, at some point the risk of a free system will not outweigh the benefit. Before 2012 is over, there will be enough of these examples to start scaring the hell out of the average web service - if we're not there already.
Government enforcement of policies like this rely on scaring large numbers of operators through a small number of intense persecutions. It works unfortunately.