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No generally speaking it is not illegal in some countries like Germany there might be some restrictions of copyrighted material like latest movies and TV serials tricky lawyers try to make money by protocoling the IP address of the downloader : who is downloading what and sending letters what the user is downloading and sending letters with fines of between 800 and 1200 euro per movie, so get familiar with the legal conditions in your country of residence. It's legal to download material which is not having copyrights like Classical Music from Mozart for example or the Bible texts. Beware of any Hollywood productions and latest TV series from USA.

Bittorrent by itself is perfectly legal, it depends on what is being transferred that might make it illegal. Same thing with Napster, Kazaa, BearShare, and many others that came before Bittorrent. All of them had legal problems because people were using them to share copyrighted files (movies, games, many things) that were not free.

If you use a torrent to get something public domain, such as a free book, Linux, or OpenOffice, it is absolutely legal. If you use it to transfer Windows or a commercial movie, then it is illegal.

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