One of the main aims for artists when they make music is to reach as many people as they can. By downloading their music, it is helping the artists achieve their goals.

if it is put on the internet with out copy right then it is totally no stealing

No, it is not stealing. The primary goal of an artist is to express themselves. Because this expression is given freely, it becomes something that is impossible to steal.

its not stealing unless everyone knows about it. In that case I am not stealing. xoxo

i cant read your gibberish so im not sure which side i posted on. and i dont care since it seems like your an idiot. ha! so anyway i know firsthand the answer to this question. I was in a professional band for three years (my username) and i can say we pro musicians all HATE those free d-load services on the net. they ARE ripping off musicians. its hard enuff in that biz to make money and places like Napster and Spotify made it worse. we figured we lost about half the money we should have made from CD sales do to those so called file sharing websites. file sharing! ha! what a joke..should be called "sharing the job of killing the starving musicians!

is breathing air stealing from trees?

is looking at a hot girl on the street invasion of privacy because i looked at her body?

is simply being alive illegal and copyright infringement ?