@akamran @AnachronistJohn @gwendolenau @alienghic

As long as the distribution of the files is legal within the jurisdiction you're seeding them, you're mostly fine.

The trouble is, that seeding material you don't have the copyright to through your "normal" IP will have lawyers crawl up your ass with easy-money-cease-and-desist orders. In Germany there's a number of law firms specialized on that.

There's zero privacy in BT and trackers will just blurt out the IP addresses of everyone seeding.