Piracy problems

Here's a short list of problems I've ran into while conducting my research on online piracy

1. Statistics: There are no solid statistics on online piracy. Because of how large the Internet is, its is impossible to put a concrete number on how many people use piracy websites or even how to determine how many piracy websites are out there. There are piracy studies out there that do the best job that they can but even a study that is a year old can be outdated because hundreds of new websites are created every day. 
2. What is piracy?: This took a while to get a grasp upon because laws are not written in everyday language and, unless you are a lawyer or someone deeply in politics, the laws will be as clear as mud. Eventually after consulting multiple websites and reading over the logistics of copyright laws (over and over and over), I came to have a decent understanding of what is considered, by law, piracy. 
3. Finding people who pirate online to go on record: This was understandable but yet frustrating because I still got an understanding of why people decide to pirate when it is just as easy to buy it legally through music programs like iTunes but unnamed sources are only useful when their prestigious in some way, college students unfortunately are not. 
4. The Internet: The Internet is constantly adapting and evolving to succeed under any circumstances and any rule sets. Sites find ways around copyright laws all the time and when one is shut down, like MegaUpload, five more are opened. 
5. 2012 Election: As the 2012 Presidential election gets closer, all of the important issues facing our country seem to go to the wayside. Unfortunately, online piracy is not an issue politicians are really concerned with at the moment and have buried the embarrassing reactions of the SOPA and PIPA bills behind them, hoping they don't resurface any time soon.