Whenever you hear about the BitTorrent you think about acquiring files and data for free without paying for it, isn’t it? It might be surprising for you but the reality is that BitTorrent is 100% legal and acquiring and sharing protected music, movies and software without permission is legal in BitTorrent.

Let us get in detail about the relationship between Bit orrent and piracy.

BitTorrent is not a provider but a protocol:

Often we find that people use incorrect terms to refer to a particular thing. Similar is the case with Bit Torrent. The term refers to two things:

Peer-to-Peer sharing files using protocol.
A company that helps to maintain the protocol.
People often say that they have downloaded a movie. BitTorrent is a protocol and not a service provider. Hence, you cannot download files from a protocol rather you can download using a protocol as is the case in Bit Torrent.

The company maintains the protocol and renders services:

If you are of the notion that BitTorrent Inc. encourages piracy, you are absolutely wrong. The company doesn’t offer for illegal downloads for music, movies and software and so on. Every file that is directed by the company is legal and licensed. Majority of the customers using the Bit Torrent protocol don’t have the idea about such files because they don’t get them downloaded from BitTorrent Inc. The BitTorrent protocol is open and uses the protocol, uTorrent which is known to offer legal contents and also keep the files updated between the machines.

BitTorrent doesn’t circulate illegal files

In order to download files using BitTorrent the following three things are essential.

BitTorrent Client
.torrent file
Torrent tracker.
The bit torrent client helps you to download files and similarly the .torrent file also helps in downloading. The torrent tracker is the program that helps you to connect your computer with other users and share files. BitTorrent Inc. never run any tracker over protected and copy right content files.

It is the Pirate Bay site that offers such contents and people use the BitTorrent protocol to download the pirate contents. There is no doubt that BitTorrent makes revenue and profit from the illegal contents and in way it spreads protected copyright files.

BitTorrent is used legally too

Flush out the misconception that BitTorrent is all about piracy. You will be surprised to know the company has 100% legal contents and legal users as well. Those who use the Linux regularly have an idea about it. There are plenty of sites that offer legal torrent files for downloads. You have to get hold of the correct sites.

Hence, it becomes clear that BitTorrent doesn’t allow you to download any illegal content. It is possible to download an illegal file or content using the BitTorrent protocol. Such download links are offered by other sites and often by other people. The company doesn’t prescribe for any illegal file download.