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[taikara]

Writing to PP would be a decent option, but it wouldn't exactly shut him down - he in all likelihood would just register for a new PP account.

Has anyone checked out what host he's using (not the same as ISP)? Some webhosts have strict policies on this sort of thing, and do shut down these kinds of sites. If that's a possibility, it would be a slightly bigger bump in the road than cancelling his PP account, I think - though again, he could just register on a new host and be up again in a few days.

Contacting the FBI (circumventing the ESA) could be another option - though unless this guy is making a lot of money, it would likely be futile - though if they chose (and were able) to investigate his activity, it could be very uncomfortable for him.

In all truth, though, the reason there are people like this guy doing this kind of thing is because it's real easy to get away with it, especially due to laws in certain countries (such as the Czech Republic) that make them a haven for this kind of activity because it's harder to take action against them.

As Tulac suggested, the best offense is a good defense - if we don't want him stealing and profiting off of our work, we should look into ways to protect our work. Requiring registration to download would be a deterrent (though it would also probably deter a percentage of new users). Putting up some kind of anti-leeching script on downloads could be another option, though it wouldn't stop him from ripping a review, and again, it might make our downloads incompatible with some download managers, which can be a real annoyance for many users.