“ Originally Posted by drdrewdown 
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torrent & gnutella are the two most likely ways to get caught. they are usually un-encrypted connections which make them vulernable. there are alot of people who get these letters. in most cases the ISP will contact you when they are able to prove you had a certain ip address at the time of the infraction. the general rule for ISP's is 3 strikes & you're out. meaning they will cancel your service on the 3rd infraction. at this point you are a liability to them b/c they can be subpeona'd by the Feds to see logs & nobody wants the FBI knocking on your door even if you are 100% legit. So they try to avoid this & just cut you off after the 3rd time. thats just a general rule, i'm sure it will vary from ISP to ISP.
the best way to avoid this is to not be a l33chwh0r3 from torrents you find on google. even demonoid has many "agents" working to stop the copyright infringements. torrents as a general rule are a bad idea. you have no idea the source & the worst part you are uploading while downloading.
personally i'd rather leech from a SSL usenet server or find someone who's in the "know" & join their private network. ssl usenet will cost you a monthly fee, but losing your internet service is worse imo lol. a private network would be the best since hey, it's private! & probably doesn't have a buncha virus infected BS or incorrectly named media.
ok i'm done. sorry to have rambled
I agree. I use newsleecher and newsrazor.net. Costs 15 bucks a month, but worth it.