"The way that I understood it is that they are not interested in charging fees "at this time". "
Wasn't that a quote from last years AMS? (not this year). Things are about to change. IMO, it's probable that at least some heavy infringers would have difficulty coming up with the cash to pay for all past infringemnt PLUS all future infringrment. Royalties may be a way around that.
But I KNOW nuttin'!
SGE