Rather than targeting file-sharers, the paper suggests copyright holders should battle facilitating websites, such as The Pirate Bay, instead. However, site-owners are typically hard to pinpoint, so they would instead target hosting companies.
“The lawyers are in favor of a ‘follow the money’ principle where anti-piracy measures are targeted at strangling the finances of pirate sites,” says TorrentFreak. “They call for legislation that makes it easier to cut off advertising, and to seize funds through banks or payment processors.”