The linked Guardian article about the copyright trolls, Strike 3, has some interesting tidbits about copyright infringement lawsuits:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/nov/...

> In 2014, the couple had filed a third of all US copyright litigation that year: 1,300 infringement cases.

> According to Westlaw and Pacer data from the past three years, Strike 3 accounted for 50% of the federal copyright docket all on its own.

That implies there are few copyright infringement lawsuits for a country of 340 million people. Do I misunderstand? Does the denominator all copyright infringement enforcement processes? Maybe there are mechanisms besides federal courts, and of course it omits lawsuits threatened but never filed (though Strike 3 files them and then subpeonas IP addresses).

I think your understanding is correct. Lawsuits are usually a last resort after negotiations fail but in these torrent cases they have to file suit to find who to negotiate with.