It's never really safe to download torrents. The main reason is because your IP address is prominently displayed when you're downloading a file, and if that file happens to be a honeypot, you're got.
A lot of people have been victims of this already, but to a lesser degree than what might happen with the bill. Know anyone who got a letter or email from their ISP saying they illegally downloaded a file and must get rid of it? Well that's exactly what happened. The ISP was contacted by whatever corporation owns the copyrights of the material, and the only way they could have known which IPs were downloading that file is if they were hosting the download and seeding it.
So no. It's not safe (particularly if the stakes are going to be raised).
I would recommend that people use direct-downloads from file hosting sites. The worst that could happen is the site is shut down.
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