It's actually not "illegal" either to download since I'm pretty sure copyright disputes are settled in civil court and not the regular one. It's about as "illegal" as accidentally breaking your friend's xbox. It's not "illegal", but he can go after you to get money for it in civil court.
The other thing is: Any other (actual) illegal activity is fine and dandy to talk about here as long as you're not giving a tutorial on how to do it. So why is everyone so anal about piracy? There's a difference between "Yeah I downloaded this file and it turns out it doesn't work right" and "Hey I got this file from (insert link here)". Most forums draw the line at posting links and allow to casually mention what you do that may or may not be a legal gray area in your country.
The other thing is: Any other (actual) illegal activity is fine and dandy to talk about here as long as you're not giving a tutorial on how to do it. So why is everyone so anal about piracy? There's a difference between "Yeah I downloaded this file and it turns out it doesn't work right" and "Hey I got this file from (insert link here)". Most forums draw the line at posting links and allow to casually mention what you do that may or may not be a legal gray area in your country.