If yes, why do millions of people out there hang out on sites like Piratebay, Demonoid and none can do anything about it?
No they aren't. Keep in mind torrents are legal unless the content they are delivering is copyrighted. That means, Torrents are legal, unless you are downloading pirated software or movies, music, basically anything you don't actually own or is not free.
"Torrent" files are, specifically, small files of information used by a file sharing technology known as "BitTorrent". Because the ".torrent" file itself just has some administrative information in it, there's nothing wrong with downloading it. But that, of course, is not what you meant.
BitTorrent is nothing more than a file downloading technology. It's highly efficient, optimized for large files and for decentralized storage of the files being downloaded, but ultimately it's nothing more than a way to copy a file down to your machine. Copying a file to your machine is not illegal. The technology used to copy a file to your machine is not illegal.
In some ways you could just as well ask "Is it legal to download files from the web?", to which the answer is (obviously, I hope), of course it's legal. We do it every time we view a web page.
The problem comes from looking at exactly what kinds of files are being downloaded. Downloading copyrighted files without permission is illegal. And it doesn't matter what technology you happen to use to do it: bitTorrent, FTP, web downloads, email or getting a CD in the mail. If the material is copyrighted and you didn't pay for or otherwise get the legal right or license to receive those files, those are all copyright violations.
And with the use of torrent, illegal file sharing is increasing, thats why people call it's illegal. But still, it can be used to share legal stuffs like linux distros and others. So, be clear, if its a copyrighted item, it is illegal to share it without paying but if its not, there's no harm doing so.
And the next thing, millions of people hang on piratebay and stuffs because it really is a great place to download stuffs, as you might have already known. They try to seed everything as soon as possible, for example if an album releases, it will be in torrent within some minutes. See, it is an illegal way. But, different people and so called hackers use torrent to spread fake program and Remote Administration Tools, trojans etc via bittorrent protocol. So, you should be careful about what you download.
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