A friend, who paid for music files, wants to let me download some tracks on to my MP3 player. Am allowed to do it for a short while, as if I am borrowing them, as long as I do not keep them? Why would it be different than me just borrowing his MP3 player for a short while, to listen to tracks I do not own? 

  See here. The same would be in the case you described. Just as you cannot "borrow without permission" for a short while and give it back (aka stealing). When…

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