Eh, not really. If you download things, you should know and accept that what you're doing is illegal and that their will be major consequences, should you get caught. The only difference is that you have to be really, really stupid and/or downloading a million files at an insane speed to get caught.

That said, the MPAA is run by jerkoffs. A few weeks ago, a woman downloaded a music album and was charged a couple hundred grand for it.