Topic: Can you download music for free?

there are maaaany free MP3's on lastFM too.... don't try it in a illegal way folks...i just had to pay a 1800€ fine to universal. peace & out

Can you? - Yes
Is it legal? - No

...apart from the multiple legal sources people have graciously listed above, and the dozens more that nobody's named yet.

Archive.org is my best friend. I think I even like it more than Nintendo Life... but just barely.

I'm not sure I really get Qtrax, though. It's a bizarre concept. "You can have this free stuff, which afterwards we cannot prevent you from duplicating and sharing with others, so long as you walk through here and look at this shiny advertisement." I could understand if you had to listen to it there, but if the whole album is free and you just see an ad once, that's not much of compensation.