what can you do and what can't you do in regards to downloading music? That's a question and a half. In this country it is illegal to download music from peer-to-peer files although many people do this on a daily basis. In Canada, however, this is legal but uploading music to these files is illegal. America is the strictest of all. The U.S. Code protects copyright owners from the unauthorized reproduction, adaptation or distribution of sound recordings, as well as certain digital performances to the public. In more general terms, it is considered legal for you to purchase a music CD and (rip) it to MP3 files for your own use. You can however download whole albums legally from websites such as i tunes from the date that the album is released in the shops. The develpoment of the illegal technologies (peer-to-peer) has caused a 20% drop in profits for the music industry since 1999. Serious stuff, especially when you consider the ultimate effects that this may have on the music industry.