Actually @ghdprentice, it was a question not a comment and it was a question concerning loss, not ethics. The reason I ask is because the record industry, software developers and the media have a tendency of conflating the problem.
You have no argument from me concerning respect and ethics. I just don't see how Adobe or AutoCAD are losing millions to pirated software by users who would never have bought the software in the first place. I ask the same question for the artist, ethics aside.
Someone took the position in an earlier post saying he paid for the music and he can do whatever he wants with it. He opposed being told what he can and can't do with a product he bought. You could split hairs and say when a used LP or CD ends up in a garage sale, used music store or DisCogs, the artist is still getting ripped off because someone is still making money off their efforts, even on the used, second hand market.