[softwarecreator]

They have copied published works and resold them for a profit without any royalties going back to Redmond.

Yeah, and it's called a theft.  They are stealing copyrighted material.

[savedbygrace]

It's wrong, but it's infrigement, not theft. I'm not justifying the practice at all, but theft means that something has been removed from someone's possession. The software companies still have the software, so theft has not happened. Infringment has happened, though, and that is wrong.

Clear?