Maybe it is because stealing software is unlike stealing a tangible object - the original never disappears.

Crackulous was developed at Hackulo.us, a donation-supported forum dedicated to, well, stealing software.

Mr. Mitnick was convicted in 1989 of stealing software from the Digital Equipment Corporation.

The Economy Kevin Mitnick is a computer programmer run amok, suspected of stealing software and data from more than half a dozen leading cellular phone makers.

He felt that all information should be free, so he stole military software from the West and sold it to the K.G.B.

Mr. Mitnick served five years for breaking into computer networks of major corporations and stealing software; he was released from prison in January 2000.

The groups sprang up in the early 1990's when computer hackers began organizing into competitive gangs that stole software, "cracked" its security protections and then posted it online.

A man indicted for stealing software from Digital Equipment has had numerous encounters with law enforcement and corporate computer security officials during the past eight years.

Microsoft has stated that if someone is going to steal software, they want it to be their software they steal.

In 1988, he was charged with stealing software electronically from the Digital Equipment Corporation.