The technology is fine, much of the content is not legal.
The answer depends on what material you are downloading. The fact that it is a torrent is unimportant, the issue is whether or not you have a legal right to the material.
In and of themselves, yes.Downloading pirated content is often not legal, but this is independent of whether you get it by bit torrent or other means.
Torrent search is legal in the United States but only if one follows all of the rules. Mainly, it is legal if torrents are linked to non-copyrighted materials only.
kat(kickasstorrent)
yes always
It is legal to download a file for use as a backup is legal IF you already own it.
Depending on what you torrent it is not legal there are a few legal torrents out there but most are copyrighted and therefore illegal
nope. But you usually dont get prosecuted for it.
There are many different torrent engines, first make sure torrenting files is legal in one's respective country. The most popular torrent is ThePirateBay.
Bit torrent is legal to use as long as the files you are sharing are not copyrighted.
You could use a torrent to get a version of Corel Draw. This is illegal though as you are not paying for it. You might also use the torrent to get extra tools for the program. That is totally legal.
Not if the game (or anything else) is copyrighted.