Do I need a special ISP package to do a file hosting site?

Are copyright downloads from File Hosting Sites Like Rapidshare hard to trace or monitor?

• Are they? from what I understand, the ip address of the downloader is kept by the file hosting site (eg. rapidshare, megaupload) so the copyright owner must first get a court subpoena before the hosting site reveales the IP address of the downloader afterwards the copyright owner contacts the ISP of the IP address then the ISP would send a letter of notification or a cease and desist order telling you to stop downloading copyrighted material, My Question Is: Is it unlikely that you will be traced let alone fined/prosecuted in the US for downloading copyrighted material like games, music, movies etc. through file hosting sites?

• Answer:

  No, it is not unlikely at all. It happens all the time. With proof of copyright, it is easy to get the required subpoena, and they don't have to go after all the downloaders one at a time. They can do it en masse. Lately copyright owners are pursuing these cases, because basically you are stealing their intellectual property and robbing them of their livelihood. Since the cases are now easier to trace, fine and prosecute, there is more motivation than ever to recover what is rightfully theirs.