No downloading music should not be illegal. Many people just buy albums and things. Theres a better way to get the songs you want without having to pay anything. Downloading music might shut down industries and famous music stores, but think to yourself; do we really need those industries and music stores. You would think many people would side against me if i'm wrong, but even i don't buy any albums because if you want to hear a song or the whole album you could just go to Youtube and find every music video and album you want to hear. People just waste their money when they buy albums for lets say One direction when you could just get all the music you want from the internet. Nowadays, since theres so much technology, people don't really care THAT much about if you download anything from the internet that is illegal. Unless you get caught. This also goes for movies. Many people, including I, download movies from the internet.. Except that i dont do it illegally. Theres just no point in going and buying the movie because you only need to watch that movie once. So do you really think that downloading music should be illegal?