This behaviour will push file sharing further into anonymised and encrypted networks, which will push down the statistics of files shared online as they are bas

This behaviour will push file sharing further into anonymised and encrypted networks, which will push down the statistics of files shared online as they are based on what can be measured. So the upshot will be that visible torrents will fall, allowing the company to claim success, even while they are making it harder for the people who are paying them to have any clue about the actual situation on the ground. If there wasn't a slew of technologies waiting in the wings as drop in replacements, this kind of approach would have some success, but there is, so it probably wont.