Slyck has some pretty interesting articles every now and then. But yeah, regarding the survey itself, I suppose it's right on the money. ISPs have more power over the average user so to speak than threats from copyright interest groups. The encryption that BitTorrent uses now doesn't obfuscate the actual content, it just makes throttling more difficult. If TPB admins are to be believed, their own "new and upcoming" BT protocol incorporates heavy-duty encryption that really does encrypt stuff to the highest degree.