
actually used the software. Pirates were addicted to beating the system;
addicted to cracking, releasing, and racing other pirates. It did not matter
what the release was, it did not matter if one person used it or 1000.
Winning was everything and speed was the name of the game, all made
possible by Internet technology.
The .com age of the late 90s spawned millions of failed software
companies and a massive flood of technology and failed software applica-
tions. Pirates took every piece of software created and broke its copy pro-
tection in half, zipping the software and releasing it on the Internet.
Piracy was growing at a rapid rate, the number of piracy ...