Originally Posted by AutumnBH

I can only assume you're being deliberately obtuse. Of course the hacking part is a crime, punishable by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 1986 if you are in the United States. Perhaps that was a bad example to use.

The point remains:

If I use your content and you are not deprived of the continued benefit of the goods, that crime is called "copyright infringement." It is not called "theft." It is only called "theft" if you are permanently deprived of the benefit of the goods from that point on, which usually only happens with physical goods. Fabian's alleged crime is copyright infringement, not theft.