The residential proxy operators are also not often within easy reach of western justice systems. Fines for torrenting movies are targeted against end users with

The residential proxy operators are also not often within easy reach of western justice systems. Fines for torrenting movies are targeted against end users within the countries (and also not exactly effective, either, because the issue is quite diffuse), but prosecuting criminals in other countries, especially countries which don't really care to stop those criminals so long as they are causing problems for other countries, is not an easy process. The internet is an global system but criminal law generally is not.