Is downloading a '.torrent' file illegal?

Rest assured that torrenting does not equate to piracy. It does, however, provide a very convenient way to do it! The torrent protocol is just a clever transmission method for users to download files more easily. read more

In other words, downloading a copy of a file you don’t have the right to download is illegal, no matter how you do it. Unfortunately, bitTorrent technology has become confused with illegal file sharing, simply because so much of that illegal activity uses that technology. read more

I think Torrent is not illegal, but downloading copyrighted material from torrent is illegal. So buddy, download things that are legal and leave stuffs illegal. Countries like India and China have billion + population. No body can monitor them. So downloading copyrighted stuffs through torrents can work in such countries. read more