- If you are ever doing this go through a VPN. Otherwise some schools will ban the user or try to find out who it is. 90% of the time the school wont care as long as they don't get a letter. Every School is different. Different Rules will change the game.
- Torrents are not illegal but the files contained may be!
- Is Downloading From Torrents Illegal
- Is It Illegal To Download Torrent At School 2017
- Is It Illegal To Download Torrent At School Free
Time and time again I run into people who think 'torrent' translates to 'illegal'. Is it?
Nov 8, 2017 - The short answer: as long as the item is copyrighted and you don't own it, then downloading it (for free) via torrent is illegal. Using a torrent client and downloading torrents in itself isn't illegal, as you could be downloading things that aren't protected by copyright.
Let’s find out what this all means by examining the definitions.
A torrent is a small file usually ending with the file extension .torrent. You use the .torrent file with a BitTorrent client. BitTorrent itself is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. The .torrent file is used to get a larger file you want from the peer-to-peer network using the BitTorrent client that 'understands' the BitTorrent protocol.
The Big Question however is: Are torrents illegal?
No. And they never have been.
Using BitTorrent is the most efficient way of getting large files on the internet without having them hosted in any centralized location.
The best example of this is Linux distributions. For example, Ubuntu themselves (as do all other Linux distros) offer a way to get their OS via BitTorrent. It’s fast; it works; it’s probably going to be faster than downloading via a direct HTTP. And obviously, downloading Ubuntu or any other Linux distro via a torrent isn’t illegal.
People assume torrents are illegal because many files are traded illegally via that particular peer-to-peer network. But does this mean all torrents are illegal?
Is Downloading From Torrents Illegal
Not by a long shot.
Is It Illegal To Download Torrent At School 2017
BitTorrent is a protocol and nothing more.
Is It Illegal To Download Torrent At School Free
It is wrong to assume 'torrent' = 'illegal' because it just isn’t true.