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Article #709928Re: Developers are considering abandoning the PC due to PIRACY!
From: Pedro
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:40
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:40
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"Magnulus" wrote > PC Gamer Dude, you got it all backwards. Piracy is not really > caused by pirates. Well, it is, but it isn't that simple. You can > have Yul Brenner get on TV and say "Please don't smoke", and the same > thing is true of piracy. It's only going to work so far, though. In > the end the PC and its games are a tempting target for pirates. Why? > Weak copy protection, very little DRM. Unfortunately the only things > you suggest is badmouthing Steam, Starforce, and any other DRM scheme > out there. Correct. > So basicly you are saying you want to have your cake and > eat it too. It doesn't work that way, though. There is no free lunch. Sorry to be pedantic. But you *can* 'have your cake and eat it'. Here's how: 1) You have your cake. 2) You eat it. See? Complicated, but possible. What you probably meant was: 'You can't eat your cake and have it'. You also can't have 'The moon on a stick'.
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