I think at the end of the day a large portion of us (maybe even the majority?) need to admit that we are certainly not always thinking critically of why piracy is ethical or not when we download free stuff. When I download music or movies, such crucial arguments like the ones mentioned so far are not running through my head.
The ability to not have to care about the consequences of these matters is what drives most of our piracy actions imo. Sure, artists aren't directly getting enough of the revenue. Sure, we want to have a little bit more freedom with what we buy. Sure, maybe it's obscure and hard to find. And there are many other reasons.
But we can't get all elite and act like that is always the driving force behind our actions. Many of us don't have enough money to satisfy our overwhelming demand for entertainment (I have almost 10,000 songs in my itunes), and many of us don't want to find the time to find a store that has something that is hard to find that we found on the internet that we like.
Our generation has been spoiled by many instant-gratification technologies and we want stuff instantaneously. I agree with many of the reasons presented for stealing art, but I'd be lying if those noble arguments make up my entire decision to steal
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