Like S.T. says, Youtube. I haven't tried the online thing, but you can use free converting software too. You can get practically anything you can think of. There are also lots of absolutely legal things to dl off Youtube. I now listen to lots of music from amateurs. The quality is often excellent.
question;
anyone know how these people who download free music get caught then there all over the news for downloading music illegally and face 1M+ lawsuits
To my knowledge, this hasn't happened to anyone in Canada. In the U.S., they seem to cherrypick the busiest dl'ers to make an example of them and scare others. I would guess it's a simple matter to catch such folks.