Bittorent (or peer-to-peer transfer) is perfectly legal to use and you can use it without any fear. But then what are the issues that are threatening the existence of top torrent sites like Mininova, PirateBay, etc ?
The fact is when you download something which is copyrighted, then what you're doing is not legal. As downloading copyrighted content is illegal in many countries.
Now talking about these sites they have been accused of facilitating such downloads and thus are facing various law-suits.
Personally I am in favor of these sites, what about you?
Is downloading from torrents illegal ?