"In the coming months U.S. Internet providers will begin to warn and punish alleged copyright infringers. The “six strikes” plan is the result of a deal between the MPAA, RIAA and several large ISPs"
http://torrentfreak.com/six-strikes-anti-piracy-scheme-overly-secret-and-unfair-says-professor-120917/
Verizon Will Reduce Speeds of Repeated BitTorrent Pirates - "At the end of this month the controversial “six-strikes” anti-piracy system will kick off in the U.S., and today two of the participating Internet providers have been discussing what measures they will take against repeated BitTorrent pirates." -
http://torrentfreak.com/verizon-will-reduce-speeds-of-repeated-bittorrent-pirates-121115/
What’s The Best VPN / Proxy for BitTorrent?
http://torrentfreak.com/best-vpn-proxy-bittorrent-110618/
Possible alternative:
Tribler -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribler "Tribler is an open source peer-to-peer client ... Tribler is based on the BitTorrent protocol and uses an overlay network for content searching, which makes the program operate independent of external websites and renders it immune to limiting external action"
Researchers To Release an Anonymous BitTorrent Client - "a BitTorrent client which secures the privacy of its users. Their Tribler client is already completely decentralized, meaning it will still work even in the event that all BitTorrent sites are shut down"
http://torrentfreak.com/researchers-anonymous-bittorrent-client-120601/