"Lots of cool stuff on bit torrent, that's not illegal. i don't see downloading TV show's illegal. I got cable and their on it. It probably is though but :"
It absolutely is illegal. You can watch movies on cable too, and obviously it's illegal to download them on bittorrent as well. However, since copywrite law is a form of capitalist exploitation, it could be argued that in most capitalist societies there is a big difference between what is illegal and what is ethically wrong.