Because, as we all know according to Anon, pirates are diminishing in population, ever since they were eradicated thanks to grand RIAA campaigns such as “Home Taping is Killing Music” and “Don’t Copy That Floppy”. Therefore, with less pirates to catch, copyright enforcement risks being less lucrative – necessitating the litigation and suing of innocent people. It’s necessary if artists are going to not starve!

So far their web censorship has been completely inefficient, and not really affected sites at all.

That won’t last. The censorship will become streamlined, efficient, and stripped of all legal oversight.

The 99% adapt only by necessity.
They will add an alternate DNS root, if they have to.
They will run TOR, if they have to.
They will rent a VPN, if they have to.

There are still plenty of options, and that is why it is defence in depth.

The criminal justice system needs criminals.
To control us, it is necessary to define as criminals, by criminalizing everyday behaviour.
It doesn’t really matter which behaviours. Sharing files, soft drugs, certain types of porn. So long as everyone is covered.
It’s all about control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carceral_archipelago

And the other part where IP addressing, the underlying mechanism that makes the internet work for negligibly less than 100% of its userbase, is being used against opponents.

Or are those just decoys that were replaced a decade ago? Last time I checked, we’ve been using them since the late sixties.

it’s great that there are alternatives for when it might not work anymore, but for now it is still great

Errors can happen but why should innocent subscribers be attacked?

Since then the data commissioner has just not backed up doing enough to validate his action letting the 3-strikes start up again based on what he withholds from saying.

I checked and yes proved here… http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/22309-data-commissioner-investiga

It’s good to have a range of targets to attack, including some soft ones that act as decoys.

It’s like when the industry was attacking Limewire when nobody used it any more.
The delay gives time to develop new technology and stay 10 steps ahead of the lumbering dinosaurs.