Is it Downloading free Music is Legal? There are so many different sites and so many different ways to get free music form internet, it is very confusing that what is legal and what is not. They do not have Right to provide free music, every album has licenses and every song sold on internet in Rs. 5 According to copyright law, obtaining or distributing a copyrighted work without the permission of the copyright holder is against the law. Some music is copyrighted and some are not. And some files are copyrighted but the artists or copyright holders freely provide the music for downloading on the internet. So, we can say that downloading music free Illegal but some time it is legal. Illegal: Music files which are copyrighted by others, downloading that file is illegal. If you did not purchase the burning compact discs of music. Legal: If copyright holder allowing the free access for distribution and controlling the distribution. Non-copyrighted music, they are freely available fo...