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| It would be easy to do so.
All they need to do is torrent one of their client's movies and see who connects. From that they would get a list of IP's, which in turn they could easily look up to give them an owner (typically an ISP) and contact details, from which all they need to do is send an email. The whole thing could be automated and in real time, in theory.
They're probably monitoring IP's for the larger offenders - there's quite a few companies where the twenty-something sysadmin (and only person with any IT knowledge there) is quietly running a bit torrent server on their fixed IP. Easy to find and often easy to go after legally. | |
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The first part isn't theoretical - it's exactly what they do, purely automated.
As for the larger offenders, that's sadly not the case. There are plenty of documented cases (including friends of mine in the states) where people have been "busted" for a one-off offense.