But Anonymous presumably can't even afford to let it go to trial. Instead they have little choice but to enter a settlement by paying what are, effectively, their blackmailers.
Imagine the chilling effects of bloggers disabling comments just because people might post infringing content on the former's blogs, and that this might lead to financially wounding legal action by rightsholders. Imagine that as you phrase-search the Internet for the first few words of this comment.