That’s why he added: > "It is questionable whether the monitors observed would actually have evidence of file-sharing that would stand up in court." However,

That’s why he added: > "It is questionable whether the monitors observed would actually have evidence of file-sharing that would stand up in court." However, it’s not really that much more work to verify if that peer is sharing the file in question. Just request/offer few random blocks. There’s no mechanism in place to assign peers in BT network varying degree of trust.