re: Why did the RIAA &MPAA target peer-to-peer networks instead of one-click hosts?

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Things like Limewire, the companies can pay people to see who is downloading/sharing by participating in that sharing and get IP addresses. Basically they track you by also illegally downloading the movie/song from you.

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Got it. This makes sense and was kind of what I was thinking. Basically, on peer to peer, you are you own host, while on single click and streaming sites, the hosting duties are transferred to the website, which hosts millions of files if it's good enough. Right?

Either way though, wouldn't a subpoena be required for the ISP to translate the IP to something meaningful, like the address and name of the person with the IP address? Seems like peer to peer would require one subpoena while single click and streaming would require two, no?

Fwiw, Mega Upload was based in Hong Kong and run by a New Zealand citizen. I think the new version of Mega Upload is still around and based in New Zealand.