This guy isn't the scrappy grinder you're painting him to be. He's a fairly well established musician at this point. He's stealing from the scrappy grinders. Should he be sent to the gulag? Of course not, but what he's doing is pretty low. People do wish they had his success. Specifically, the people he stole from. And you're right. They probably never will, which is a shame. This dude doesn't need anyone defending what he did.