do you think its safe to use peer-to-peer again?

Question by crazymadscientist69: do you think its safe to use peer-to-peer again?
This is an e-mail i recieved from my internet provider:

Dear Subscriber:

This email is being sent to you by Road Runner Customer Care
because we have received a complaint that your computer has been used to
distribute copyrighted material without authorization through a
peer-to-peer program. We received this complaint from the movie studio,
record company, television studio or other company that owns the
copyrighted material. The purpose of this email is to remind you that
the distribution of copyrighted material in this fashion may violate
both the copyright laws and Road Runner?s terms of service, and to tell
you a bit about peer-to-peer programs, the dangers they can pose to your
computer and our network, and the steps you can take to protect
yourself.

************ANOTHER PART ON THE E-MAIL**********************

Dear Sir/Madam:

I am contacting you on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of
America (MPAA) and one or more of its member companies.

We submit that the MPAA is authorized to act on behalf of its member
companies (the MPAA Members) with respect to the matter described in
this notice. The MPAA Members own intellectual property rights,
including exclusive rights protected under copyright law, in many motion
pictures, television programs and other audiovisual works (collectively,
the MPAA Titles). We believe that your Road Runner Internet account is
being used to reproduce and/or distribute copies of one or more MPAA
Titles on the Internet, in violation of the MPAA Members legal rights.
We have set forth at the close of this letter the details concerning
this infringement, including the title(s) of the MPAA Title(s) in
question, the IP address of your account at the time of the
infringement, and the date and time of the infringement. The audiovisual
works being offered through your Internet account include the following:

(Movie is not important)

The copying and/or distribution of copies of copyrighted audiovisual
works without the authorization of the copyright owner constitutes
copyright infringement under the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. paragraph
106, 501. This conduct may subject you to significant liability,
including statutory damages of up to $ 150,000 per infringed work for
willful infringement. Under certain circumstances, copyright
infringement can give rise to federal criminal liability, with penalties
as high as five years imprisonment plus a $ 250,000 fine. (See 17 U.S.C.
paragraph 506; 18 U.S.C. paragraph 2319.)

Do you think it would be safe to use a a peer-to-peer program like limewire/bearshare again? i recieved this e-mail in early november. im worried that my internet service might be watching my computer or something like that (are they allowed to do that?), so im afraid to download music. Do you guys think its safe yet? or should i wait.

Best answer:

Answer by CrystalCreek
don’t use p2p….they could ban your account and then you’d be sad 🙁

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