While I don't condone warez or copyright infringement, I tend to stick with newsgroups as they are a lot safer for downloaders. At least sharing/uploading is not a requirement, it's not peer to peer so the MAFIAA (RIAA/MPAA) can't get your ip address. It's makes it more difficult or impossible for copyright Nazi's to go after downloaders. Although I mostly download legal files such as free alternative, Linux ISO's and on occasion a television show, anime I missed.