Piracy has become acceptable?

It's the digital era, and artists seem less willing to act as mouthpiece puppets for their recording labels. I remember a time that artists were coming out in droves against musical piracy, which is what I was originally going to talk about. Instead, I found many modern artists who supported (or at least, were willing to tolerate) the practice.

http://blog.midem.com/2010/01/exc/#.VXHCws9VhHw

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100524/0032549541.shtml

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091119/1634117011.shtml

It seems that musicians are taking the ideological stance, saying that music shouldn't be "about the money", or that they make more from touring than album sales anyway.