So what is legal downloading and what is illegal?

The most common form of illegal downloading would be the peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks. P2P file-sharing sites like LimeWire and MySpace are one of the most popular now, each holding 26% and 16% of the tweens (9-14 yrs) music-download market respectively.

70% of tweens are now using legal means to download music. Apple's iTunes Store, the most popular such service for this age group, was used by 49% of those tweens.

Despite the legal and educational push to combat pirating, LimeWire ranked as the second-most popular source for music file-sharing.

The most popular site? Not surprisingly, Apple's iTunes, which charges 99 cents per song.

SO YOU ASK: Why is it OK to download a Click Five song on iTunes but wrong on LimeWire?

It all boils down to money: Apple, Amazon and other such companies pay fees to music artists for the rights to sell their music. But no such royalty arrangement occurs when you download a song for free on LimeWire or other similar site, then burn it onto a CD for friends. YOU ARE "pirating" the music without paying for it and IT IS ILLEGAL.

So, isn't it better that you pay 99 cents for a song rather than get a huge fine and perhaps a jail term?

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