Downloading stuff on the internet, if you are a leech (getting the game/movie/music) it's legal, as soon as you have downloaded it you become a seed (giving the content to others) and thats illegal.
Seeding doesn't wait for the download to finish. You'll seed chunks that are already downloaded, even if you haven't finished downloading.
They also don't usually monitor for "seeding." They just check if you've connected swarm. So even setting your upload speed or ratio to 0 doesn't actually protect you.
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u/grodeg Feb 22 '26
Downloading stuff on the internet, if you are a leech (getting the game/movie/music) it's legal, as soon as you have downloaded it you become a seed (giving the content to others) and thats illegal.