Wrong. They're not a beggar. You're violating their patent (copyright in the case of music). They have the right to stop you because you have no right to copy their product. It's the same as stealing. Is that so confusing?
Here's why ... We the People granted government certain defined and enumerated powers. WE did not give up our rights. The Ninth and Tenth amendments explicitly recognize this, but in fact, they are not necessary ... the clear "legislative history" of the federal charter -- the Constitution -- make that clear, even before the Bill of Rights.
Copyright and Patent are a power we granted government. Yes, I know, the term "right" in the word "copyright" is a point of some confusion, but in all honesty it would be "copygrant" rather than "copyright". We, the People, grant via our agent, the Federal Government, and establish by that grant, a temporary sole right of copying. I still am, WE still are, the owner and originator of that right to copy. We temporarily allow it to be leased, to be borrowed, to be given, to be granted, for value WE receive back.
That is I have the absolute right to copy anything. Temporarily I have agreed not to do so, for those things I have granted a grant known as a "copyright". I have done so, WE have done so -- inherited as an obligation from the generation of the Founding -- via agency, the Federal government acted as my agent.
However, not every act of an agent has to be honored -- if the agent has not acted in my interests -- OUR interests -- but has entered into some conspriracy to harm my interest with those that agent has contracted to on my behalf, to the harm of my behalf, why I do not have honor that contract, and should not to be an ethical person, to the extent I have the practical power to do so.
There are four branches of US Government: The Legislative, the Executive, the Judicial, and finally -- the People.
In a battle with a rogue agent, where that rogue agent includes the Courts and Police, well, practical people can not go head-to-head, yet remedies must be achieved, or corruption takes over everything.
Just as a point of information, do your feelings on this extend to the unauthorized reposting of source articles on FreeRepublic, which some claim derives the originator of advertising income? Or is that a separate situation altogether?