

They haven't had much luck smashing illegal downloads in the past. If they can identify someone doing so (usually by their IP address), the companies will then try to take legal action against the people doing the downloading. Why? Because they are looking for people downloading illegal copies of their content.

Media companies and copyright holders monitor torrents. While there are many legal uses of torrents, many people specifically use torrents to download pirated content.

This makes it controversial, and dangerous for people who don't protect their identity with near-impenetrable layers of security. But torrenting is frowned on in some places, even illegal. Torrenting is a fast and efficient way to download files from the internet.
