If you are starving and only have a dollar or a pound in your pocket. is it ok to steal your lunch?

Ofcourse it is. I for one would rather see people steal than die. What i mean by this, is it just depends on situation.

When it comes to software I'd rather see people develop and use free alternatives than leech commercial ones. Leeching stuff like indie games I don't approve at all.

When it comes to record industry I don't care. Their interest organizations have acted like mafia, bullied people (threating with legal action and asking compensation money), done DoS attacks on file sharing sites and lobbied thru laws in several countries that limit freedoms of people. Artists can get their money elsewhere, music will never die even if there isn't shitload of money in that business. Actually when there was less money involved I would argue that music was better than what it is today.

So it's situation and personal morals that decide the choice.