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 Send to email | A History of Copy Protection [Piracy] in Piracy Culture Game piracy Retrospective Sierra |  By Maggie Greene
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There's a nice look back on various forms of copy protection and games. If you make it, they will pirate it - and it's an entertaining look back at some of the ways companies have tried to outsmart the piraters, sometimes somewhat successfully and sometimes not at all. But is there ever going to be an end in sight?: With bandwidth expanding and more and more games publishers exploring digital distribution, there's little doubt that we're entering a new phase in the history of copy protection and those who would defeat it. What's more, the demand for games as a chosen form of entertainment has never been higher. All this considered, it's impossible to believe that the cat-and-mouse game of piracy and copy protection will not reach new levels of intensity, with new technologies deployed on each side, and that some of them will surely create new hurdles for even those who simply wish to purchase and play the newest games. Ah, for the heady days of the code wheel.
I'm always entertained to see what new forms of copy protection crop up in weird places, but when watching surreptitious deals going on in Taipei or even seeing the amount of odd stuff one can find on the internet, it does seem like something of a losing battle, no? At least the old school manuals and inbox extras required to complete a game were creative, if nothing else. A History of Copy Protection [Next Generation via PlayNoEvil]
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| A History of Copy Protection [Piracy] | | There's a nice look back on various forms of copy protection and games. If you make it, they will pirate it - and it's an entertaining look back at some of the ways companies have tried to outsmart the piraters, sometimes somewhat successfully and sometimes not at all. But is there ever going [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Jun-2008 by Maggie Greene in Piracy Culture Game piracy Retrospective Sierra
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| The PC Gamer's Bill of Rights [I'm Just A Bill] | | Not a day goes by that PC gamers don't have something to complain about, whether it be misleading PC requirements for the games they buy, games being released in an unfinished state, or brutal copy protection measures that treat them as if they were all potential criminals. In [..] Read complete article | | Published 29-Aug-2008 by Mike Fahey in
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| A Look At Nintendo DS Piracy In Korea [Korea] | | It's no secret that piracy — especially game piracy — is widespread in South Korean. While there is no data, Gamasutra's Nick Rumas points out that it's evident to anyone with "a pair of eyes." Rumas takes a look at how the R4 is used in Korea, writing: In Korea, [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-Jun-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in Korea Business Ds News Nintendo
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| Lucy Bradshaw Talks Spore Expansions [Spore] | | Eurogamer hosted a live chat today with Spore executive producer Lucy Bradshaw, in which she discussed the possibility of a demo (none), copy protection (included, of course), and plans for expanding the game once it's released. Rather than just produce gameplay add-ons, [..] Read complete article | | Published 15-Aug-2008 by Mike Fahey in Spore Demo Exapnsionism Flora editor News PC
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| Steam DRM Vs Spore DRM [Digital Rights Management] | | Spore's digital rights management and copy protection has gotten a lot of people up in arms. The reaction has been so strong, with nega-reviews flooding Amazon and DRM creatures flooding the Sporepedia, that Electronic Arts said they're planning on implementing a [..] Read complete article | | Published 18-Sep-2008 by Brian Crecente in Digital rights management Drm Industry Piracy Spore Steam Top
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