non-hierarchical organizations cause confusion in court

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/neij.html

Pirate Bay is being sued over copyright issues. In court the prosecutor couldn't wrap his head around how Pirate Bay is organized. I wrote about the non-hierarchical group Anonymous:
http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm

I believe this style of organization will grow more and more as it is more flexible and cheaper than top-down hierarchical structures.