Downloading Music. Is it stealing?

[garinda]

Originally Posted by steeljack

that was the point i was trying to make in an earlier post , an artist (painter /scluptor) is only paid once at the first sale , any future sale of the item the artist loses out .
If i buy a painting and make multiple copies and either sell them or give them away its my business not the original producers, should be the same with music

Actually in the case of art nearly always the copyright for future reproductions stays property of the artist, unless that's a condition of the sale.