First the downloading: Metalica before the senate judiciary committee: http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=514
A lesson plan called "Metalica versus Napster." http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM186&page=teacher
A lesson plan on downloading and copyright infringement: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=855
NCTE's REad, Write, Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=4&strand=0&engagement=0&display.x=49&display.y=13
This post is quite literally a breadcrumb trail.