I think people would assume that it was things like Limewire, Azureus, Napster, etc., ie bittorrent[-like] clients - interpreting broadly would encompass things like email clients, browsers, ftp clients, etc..
I've used several torrent applications .. for downloading linux distros. So hopefully the question was not just about file-sharing but actually about sharing music files that the owner didn't have rights to use.
Like you say, this is problematic, it requires the respondent to make a legal decision on an issue which may not be determined yet in caselaw and so may be an open question : can I dl music files that I've bought already on CD for example. The /a priori/ answer is no; but it's not at all cut-and-dried.
I've used several torrent applications .. for downloading linux distros. So hopefully the question was not just about file-sharing but actually about sharing music files that the owner didn't have rights to use.
Like you say, this is problematic, it requires the respondent to make a legal decision on an issue which may not be determined yet in caselaw and so may be an open question : can I dl music files that I've bought already on CD for example. The /a priori/ answer is no; but it's not at all cut-and-dried.