Well I believe in USA you have the RIAA & MIAA or whatever they're called to be concerned about. But if you're only downlding small no.'s of files then I wouldn't be concerned. It's moreso those who share the most recent movies (especially if they haven't been released in cinemas yet) or sharing very large quantities of "copyright" files. Many people do anyway. But sometimes the RIAA tries to make examples of people & uses the media to make it sound loud.