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Recently artists in the music industry have complained that their work is being stolen every time a consumer downloads music from shared files on the Internet. Should downloading music from the Internet be made illegal? There are some people that believe downloading music from the Internet should be illegal because the music artists do not consent to their work being shared. Downloading music should be legalized because once a consumer purchases a product, he or she can do as they please with it, even share the file on the Internet. The music industry takes advantage of the consumer since they often over price products and music artists typically make most of their money from public appearances and the sale of paraphernalia. First, I believe downloading music should not be made illegal because once a consumer purchases a product, he or she can do as they please with it, even share the file on the Internet. Just the other day, The Monitor was talking about this music center that people download from. They stated that if a person gets caught downloading music from there, they were going get receive three warnings and their computer was going to get fried. If a person buys a CD and feels he wants to share it, that’s his