Alan wrote

"Let's take the little girl alluded to in the article who downloads a copy of Brittany's Dance Studio. Well, the girl's parents have a computer, so the software can't really be out of their price range IMO. So if the little girl really wants it and the parents haven't bought it then it is very likely that the parents are dicks, which is very common. "

Not necessarily. It may be that the parents are decent people and so is the little girl, and she wants to play Britney's Dance Studio, but doesn't think it is worth $60 of her parent's money. Rather than lie to them by telling them that she thinks it's worth more than it is, or ask them to knowingly spend more money on something than it is worth, she instead downloads a copy for free (whilst retaining the option of asking them to purchase it should it unexpectedly turn out to have hidden depths).

If this reasoning were applied to shoplifting then it would obviously be wrong to steal something because you don't think it's worth the price tag, but since nobody loses out either way when she downloads it (versus not playing it), I fail to see any moral dilemma.