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People can download music from the internet legally, if they go through a legitimate site or program such as I Tunes. People illegally downloading music from illegal websites or using illegal programs if not ethically right, and rips off copyrighted material. However this question can only be answered by personal opinion.

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Because when you download it without paying, the artist doesn't get money. You make money when you sell the songs for people to buy. If you download it, you don't give the artist credit. You can be fined alot of money if caught downloading songs.

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In most cases, it is illegal to download songs for free. ----

To legally obtain music via the internet, you would need to obtain the license to download the music. Like any computer application, when you purchase the product, you also purchase a license to use and retain the product. When downloading from p2p client software (Limewire, winmx, kazaa etc.), you are not purchasing the license to play the content. So if you are, you're technically stealing. But, I won't tell...

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it wouldn't be illegal if you couldn't do it. so ...ya people can

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