cruntly

Yes and that's why copyright is a good thing, so you have the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of your intellectual labour.

Why not?

The crackers were in the wrong both in that scenario and in this one.

He ruined the lives of many hard-working software developers who relied on selling their code to feed their families.

This was back when programming was a highly skilled and difficult job that only a few could do, so cracking was even more harshly targeting people.

If you don't want to do the time, don't do the crime. Just because it happens on a computer in cyber space, doesn't mean it's not real.