It's not illegal here, or maybe it is any they have no penalties against it. But anyway, I usually download music, and if the album is good, like really good, I'll buy it. Plus, some albums I can't get anywhere, not even the iTunes store, so I see no problem downloading them ones... And as already mentioned below, it's not really effected the industry on my part because I buy all the albums that I'd buy. The albums I download are ones that I wouldn't be buying anyway. I'd assume it's like that for quite a lot of people.