Internet service providers will no longer issue copyright alerts and warnings in the United States
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Despite the initiative (and perhaps in part because of it), over 981 million movies and TV shows were downloaded using P2P software in 2016.
READ MORE >"Anyone who actually believed it wasent going to be cracked is delusional that said if the drm ..."
see all 25 comments"This sounds like a marketing ploy. "yeah, we can't crack this one." Everyone flocks to it. ..."
see all 6 commentsGame Dev Tycoon hacks pirates' version of game
Game developers and publishers have been fighting piracy for some time. It seems games are cracked and posted on torrent almost as soon as they are released. One developer fought back with a killer scorpion, but another has decided to give pirates a taste of their own medici...
READ MORE >"Apparently I was on fire last night and didn't even know about it. Oh well"
see all 67 commentsDreamRift co-founder: publisher piracy fears lead to unambitious games
Is a pirated game truly a lost sale? Do some people buy games after playing a pirate copy? In a way, it doesn't really matter. The mere belief amongst some publishers that hardcore gamers are frightful pirates is why the DS and 3DS are given over to safe bets like licensed g...
READ MORE >"While you may not like Halo, Call of Duty, or the Grand Theft Autos of the world, others do, and ..."
see all 5 commentsMinecraft creator Notch chats about design, regrets and piracy
Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson took the stage for his "fireside chat" with a beer in hand. The fireplace was naturally a retro 8-bit...
READ MORE >"I took a break because I wanted to play it with a friend, and at the time SMP was very very ..."
see all 9 commentsSteam DRM declared a success by Football Manager 2012 dev
Though many fans were upset when Football Manager 2012 became the first in the PC sim series to require Steam, developer Sports Interactive has credited the move with helping reduce piracy, seeing FM2012 cracked 15 days later than the games "usually" are.
READ MORE >"Yeah, it's the #3 most popular game on steam at the moment and 56,000 people are playing. Must ..."
see all 9 commentsSerious Sam 3 punishes pirates with immortal scorpion
Earlier this week, it was discovered that pirated versions of developer Croteam's recently released shooter Serious Sam 3: BFE 'features' a special guest-star hellbent on player destruction.
READ MORE >"just what I was thinking, lots of uninformed pirate nerds will burst out in anger "THE GAME IS ..."
see all 27 commentsWitcher 2 studio co-founder says DRM doesn't work
The Witcher 2 has sold over 1 million copies without DRM. Studio co-founder Marcin Iwinski says it simply doesn't work and they succeed by offering extras with their game and educating the consumer.
READ MORE >"I wish I could link to warez forums where this has been discussed with polls taken, and roughly ..."
see all 103 commentsTake On Helicopters' anti-piracy tech defended by devs
Unsuspecting pirates playing Take On Helicopters have found their vision turned watery, and not with tears of shame. Bohemia has explained its anti-piracy scheme, saying developers have a responsibility to "try to protect their company's future."
READ MORE >"I have pirated some games, i admit this. But the only reason i do it, is because i'm stuck on ..."
see all 66 commentsNo Plans for Super Street Fighter IV PC; Piracy Blamed
Producer Yoshinori Ono has revealed that there are currently no plans to bring Super Street Fighter IV to the PC due to piracy in an interview with...
READ MORE >"*cough* I'm about to watch a Big Bang Theory 3 Season eyeing on a pretty hot actress."
see all 79 commentsSony Australia Gets Injunction Against USB Mod Chip Sales in Australia
There's a USB-based "mod chip" kicking about for the PlayStation 3, which will "jailbreak" the console and reportedly allow for owners to play...
READ MORE >"most game demos are over 1 gig now, and have been for a while"
see all 20 comments'R4' Nintendo DS Flash Card Outlawed in UK
The infamous Nintendo DS 'R4' emulator card and other similar devices have been declared illegal to sell in the UK by a High Court ruling, Develop...
READ MORE >"Nintendo is criminalising a huge amount of gameshops around the world in regards to R4 and other ..."
see all 45 commentsThe Witcher Developer Explains DRM Policy
Further elaborating upon its declaration that "nothing is decided yet" regarding The Witcher 2 and DRM, developer CD Projekt RED has issued...
READ MORE >"I neither bought nor played the first Witcher due to a lack of money (I could only afford to buy ..."
see all 22 commentsPiracy Has 'Collapsed' Wii and DS, Says Namco
In a recent interview with industry news site MCV, Namco Bandai's Oliver Comte expressed growing concern that the software market for Nintendo's...
READ MORE >"I made an account here just to say this, but I am sick and tired of seeing people state that the ..."
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"Never known anyone. I wonder if those stories about soccer moms who were charged $400k for ..."
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