@Michael,
We here in some countries in the European Union have a general policy that it is forbidden to download from illegal sources
(copyrighted content). That is the law of the land, and sometimes the copyright on certain material lasts 70 years.
In reality only (bulk)-uploaders are prosecuted so far, as for now no action is being taken against individual downloaders.
But as content industry does not like these practices to say the least, the download content can come intentionally riddled with malcode
to help discourage individual downloaders. That is through third party intervention throwing in manipulated torrent content.
I think a virut file infector would be enough nasty to remedy a torrenting habit in someone.
So if you like to take part in that Russian roulette it is up to you, I will stay away.
But when there are losses of 50 million dollars on fraudulent ad clicks, no one stirs a finger because it does not hurt "big income".
I often see no action taken against blackhat SEO spammers and redirects.
So standards still stay a bit double.
@Eddy, only allowed to record from radio and tv at home, not at the barber shop, only when you pay Buma, Stemra.
Well free of rights when you play your own composition on the piano there.
I was in Poland in a barber shop where they asked customers in a message not to listen in on the radio,
as this was only meant for the proprietor and his staff to listen, so they did not have to pay copyright holders.
polonus