If you think DRM will stop pirating...it wont - Edit 1
Before modification by Wibble at 09/06/2010 12:26:49 AM
It just makes it worse.
I can guarantee within a week if not less of Starcraft II being released, not only will a pirate version be available, but someone will have hacked it to provide LAN capability.
I know tons of people who download cracks just so they don't have to carry disks around on legitimitely bought games. I know people who have spent thousands on gaming over the years, are being forced to pirates to escape the curse of DRM and the insiduous programs that are used to enforce it (it's getting to something when people trust pirates more than the legit companies).
DRM is an inconvenience at best, and an attack on a PC and removal of customer rights at worse. DRM is used to punish the consumer and create a facade of anti-piracy, it in no way stops, or diminishes, piracy.
I can guarantee within a week if not less of Starcraft II being released, not only will a pirate version be available, but someone will have hacked it to provide LAN capability.
I know tons of people who download cracks just so they don't have to carry disks around on legitimitely bought games. I know people who have spent thousands on gaming over the years, are being forced to pirates to escape the curse of DRM and the insiduous programs that are used to enforce it (it's getting to something when people trust pirates more than the legit companies).
DRM is an inconvenience at best, and an attack on a PC and removal of customer rights at worse. DRM is used to punish the consumer and create a facade of anti-piracy, it in no way stops, or diminishes, piracy.