It might interest both of you to know that IRC means Internet Relay Chat. The emphasis of the word 'Chat' was done on purpose *hint*
Downloading is, in 99% of cases, illegal. Films (movies), music (i.e. mp3/.wav files), games, videos and all that other stuff you strangely have to pay money for is copyrighted (that's the law). By downloading, you are basically breaking the law.
If you feel the need to do this, feel free to use Kazaa or iMesh and other such programs. IRC is not a downloading, file sharing or p2p program.
Regards,
