For example, here (in Hungary) we are paying some extra 'contribution' whenever we buy storage (HDDs, SSDs, SD cards, USB sticks) that is intended to compensate artists and distributors for lost revenue because the assumption is that we'll likely store pirated stuff on them.
Therefore downloading is not illegal here (sharing is, which kind of puts torrents into a strange place).
Therefore downloading is not illegal here (sharing is, which kind of puts torrents into a strange place).
The world is a bit crazy, isn't it.