I'm poor and I like chicken sandwiches because all my friends like chicken sandwiches. I can't afford chicken sandwiches so I steal them instead so that I can fit in with my friends (sometimes I leave a couple quarters on the counter because that is all it costs them to make one and I'd like them to break even). The company I steal them from shouldn't be upset with me because I've been able to find out who has the best chicken sandwiches and when I have money I'll pay for my chicken sandwiches.
Yes, the company can say "consume and pay or don't consume" because they paid all the money to make the content in the first place. Any other option is stealing.
You're making the common logical fallacy of equating physical goods with digital goods. Digital goods are replicable at zero cost to the original producer. Unlike a chicken sandwich company, the producers of the content don't lose any money if the pirate wasn't going to buy the product in the first place.
If a lot more people listening to your music, lowers the value of this music in the eyes of these people and everybody else, I'd blame the music, not piracy. This phenomenon is commonly known as "shitty pop music", and it just so happens that this "genre" is sold with more DRM than any other type of music.
I'm poor and I like chicken sandwiches because all my friends like chicken sandwiches. I can't afford chicken sandwiches so I steal them instead so that I can fit in with my friends (sometimes I leave a couple quarters on the counter because that is all it costs them to make one and I'd like them to break even). The company I steal them from shouldn't be upset with me because I've been able to find out who has the best chicken sandwiches and when I have money I'll pay for my chicken sandwiches.
Yes, the company can say "consume and pay or don't consume" because they paid all the money to make the content in the first place. Any other option is stealing.