Author: Paul Bischoff

Torrenting is the act of downloading many small bits of files at the same time from different sources – it’s essentially crowd sourcing for media content. While it can seem safe under the camouflage of the enormous World Wide Web, torrenting files can be a risky endeavour and could end up getting you into trouble that you might not even realise. While the underlying BitTorrent protocol and network is not in itself illegal, the bulk of content shared via torrents are made up of files that potentially violate copyright holders’ rights. Torrenting is popular and decentralized, so it’s tempting to…