The article _is_ flamebait. Not because most of those actions aren't infringement, but because most of the infringements are presumably on unregistered works. (Do you register a copyright on all your emails? I didn't think so. So the copyright holders can only get ACTUAL damages for the infringements, not the statutory damages of $150K from 504(c)(2). This is because of 17 USC 412. The criminal penalties won't apply because there's no commercial value of the infringed works.

Actual damages will be zero in most if not all of the examples in the article. Not $4 Billion per year.

So, Tehranian certainly knows this, but doesn't even mention it in the article. Talk about crying wolf.