re: Why is it ok to steal media?

This has been going on since recordable reel to reel audio tape first became available to the public. We've all been brought up in a world where media (for the most part) is free. Radio and TV have fed into our homes at no charge, and now that we have an opportunity to get additional music and video for free, it's easy to see no fault in it.

I didn't grow up with folks giving my family free food and clothing. So those items have a different value to me than non physical items like music and video that have always been available free of charge.

My take anyway. I may think differently when those 3D Scanner/Duplicators become available and allow us to produce copies of solid objects in our homes.