The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.
I had seen some shows at the Groundlings [legendary L. A. improvisational and sketch comedy troupe] and thought, "If I could ever do that, that would really mean something, that I have arrived. " So I went through the program and said to myself, "I'm going to stay here until they kick me out. " Seriously, they can ask you to leave at any point. Luckily, they never did that to me.