Define safe...You're "relatively" more safe from virii, spyware, etc. then you were/are from the KAZAA/WinMX/etc. P2P nets. If not on a Mac/*nix box, virus scan everything you download. If downloading a video, and you get an executable (.exe file), throw it away. You're just as unsafe if a copyright owner hires someone to look for infringers, as BitTorrent ***currently*** doesn't have a way of hiding you. Regardless, unless you're snarfing Billboard top 20 hits, or the newest movie releases, you don't have much to worry about. Check out www.thepiratebay.org. WSOP from 79 to current, all 3 seas