I'm sorry I seem not to be getting my point through. Let me try to simplify it. Both issues involve the protection of income by the party holding the copyright, and an effort by others to deny or bypass that income through a violation of the copyright.
To use your analogy, lets compare the theft of a Mercedes and that of a Yugo. Both are grand theft auto, aren't they?
Now if your point is that, compared to Beavis here downloading Metallica albums for his personal use, your indiscretion is being "less of a thief", you might have an argument, though I dont think it would work in a court of law for the Yugo thief (he might however succeed with an insanity plea).
Simplify as you see fit, but that's not the problem. The problem is you're simply unwilling to acknowledge the point I've made several times now. A copyrighted news article and contemporary music copyrights are given different consideration under the law. Until you realize and/or acknowledge that, there's no point in discussing this with you anymore. Go take a class in copyright law if you're still confused.