I'm making that assumption based on the personal opinion that there will be plenty of smaller cases that the copyright holder won't want to take to court due to

I'm making that assumption based on the personal opinion that there will be plenty of smaller cases that the copyright holder won't want to take to court due to the trivial nature/context/amount of sharing. I recall a lot of lawsuits that looked terrible for the RIAA/MPAA because they ended up going for elderly people, or parents of a young child who didn't know better. This helps prevent those situations. I agree and would prefer some sort of protections against the double whammy - but I really believe that this move is more to get the news out to inform people that they are pirating, and what to do about it.