If one is hungry and one steals a loaf of bread... what then? Is that immoral?

But it is illegal... and you can be put in prison for it.

It is wrong to punish someone for a basic human need.

I also consider art to be a basic human need, particularly if you are poor in money. Art can keep you going when nothing else can. Art can lift you out of depression. Art is the inspiration that makes me determined to get healthy, so that I can make money someday. Should I just lay down and die because neither the goverment or the social support systems are willing to recognize my disability and help me?

Is it stealing if you couldn't have bought it anyway?

In high school, friends gave me mix tapes because they knew I'd never have the music and the memories otherwise. I still cherish those tapes. (This was after someone helped me out by giving me a small portable radio/tape/CD player.)

Without money, I can't support other people to do their art - because I myself need support.

(BTW, I don't have napster.)