“ Torrent” files are, specifically, a small file of information used by a file-sharing technology known as “bitTorrent”. This is mostly just common sense with the high level concepts we’re talking about.) Please, realize I’m no lawyer, and this shouldn’t be taken as legal advice. (Caveat: I’m basing this on my knowledge of the current state of Copyright law. It’s quite legal to download torrent files.īefore you run off and start downloading last week’s bootlegged theatrical movie release, you really need to understand why that particular download, and others like it, probably are illegal.