Flutterby™! : Arrr ye maties, Captain Gates on deck...

Those of us who've been around a little too long remember hearing about a young Bill Gates in the 70s throwing a tantrum and pissing off the entire MITS community when people were copying his BASIC language... And now we have this admission:

Swisher: But those were stolen, correct?

Gates: Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that the owner wasn't paid for. So yes.