The most appealing feature of bittorrent (for piracy) is that you can do it at home with your own hardware, and not have to pay anyone anything. Unfortunately,

The most appealing feature of bittorrent (for piracy) is that you can do it at home with your own hardware, and not have to pay anyone anything. Unfortunately, you need to anonymize your traffic (via a VPN service, which costs a fee) if you don't want to be harassed.