Anyone else get caught for using Torrent? Options

[Tomates]

Ok So im curious to know if anyone has ever gotten caught by your internet provider or whatever from torrenting things.

so about near the beginning of the school year of 07-08 i torrented a bit. Not much just 1-2 episodes once a week.
My dad was a bit of a heavy downloader, he downloaded movies mainly for him and my mom to watch.
(he didnt sell them at all)
Though one night around 1am on a school night my dad comes into my room saying that Charter ,which is our internet provider, sent an e-mail saying that they have been watching his computer and such and what he has been downloading and gave him a firm warning.
We dont know which computer it was since all of our computers in the house are in a way connected to one so we can transfer to each.
So after that i havent downloaded anything since. I want to...but i cant.

but overall im just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them before and if so did you keep downloading?
I know my friend had this happen to him and his dad but they keep downloading. We havent since, or from what i know of. I think the bastard is downloading things behind my back.

Also are there any programs that work to hide IP adresses?

Also Also im not sure if this is in the right section. And if theres another post like this Sorry but i swear i did the search and didnt find anything else on this situation

[Tomates]

dont let it scare you.
My dad downloaded a bit everyday and had long downloads.
I would just becareful.

I mean its a pretty big coincidence that they targeted us out of a few hundred possible people.
just bad luck