This seems like as good of thread as any . . .
I received a bunch of copyright notices from Shaw on Nov 28. I only discovered them today as I don't really use Shaw's email. Interestingly, I use a VPN (Unblock-US), and while I don't really know anything about IPs or DNSs or even the Internet, it was my understanding that a VPN shielded torrent activity?
It's also possible I forgot to enable the VPN, as I primarily use it to get US Netflix, Hulu, etc.
Here's the email (the link leads to an error 404 page, which in and of itself seems unusual):