A vast majority of the public understands that piracy is a violation of intellectual property rights laws and is illegal. Some question whether that is a legitimate reason to stop piracy, while others do not. Of course, such controversial issues should be left to other areas. Currently, torrent clients, such as uTorrent, are used to download immense amounts of data on the web, most of which is illegally acquired. What we will discuss here is what makes downloading torrent legal or illegal and what could possibly get you in trouble, in addition to some words about privacy with regards to torrents.