Look its illegal download music unless stated that the music/ tv show/ movie is free for download. Who cares if you aren't getting a physicaly copy of it, when you buy a cd or dvd or tape or whatever, are you buying it just for the physical dvd and not the content on it? Do you buy a wii game because you want the disc?
If so, just buy blank dvds/ cds becasue they are a lot cheaper than buying a propper cd/ dvd.
Most of you people have no idea about the rights to intellectual property, property that is not tangible or physical, but is still counted as an asset and has an assigned monetary value to it. Its just as illegal to steal intangible (no-phyisical property) as it is to steal tangible property. Sure the authorities may be targeting the people who distribute the music/ movies rather than the people who download it, but thats because its easier to do that, instead of finding millions of individuals, why not try and cut off the source. The exact same thing with drug crimes, people who supply drugs are punished more severly than those that buy the drugs. But people who buy drugs or use them, are still punished, in the same way its immoral to download music.
Why do you think authorities are trying to stop the people who supply the music and the p2p frameworks, if downloading music is legal? There would be no point.
Why does itunes music shop exist? So people can download music, legally. Thus it should prove that downloading music for free, that normally you would pay for, is illegal, there should be no question about it.