There is indeed, but not when you’re torrenting (i.e. you can’t download without also uploading).

Even when you are torrenting, there is a clear distinction of the different roles.

Copying from another comment I wrote here:

> These are two separate things:

> * Making content available for unauthorized distribution

> * Distributing unauthorized content that someone else already made available

> Seeding isn't making content available, it's keeping content available.

Replied to your other comment (sorry, didn’t clock that we had two threads ongoing)