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Author:  PC_Arcade [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:35 am ]
Post subject:  Do strict anti-piracy measures actually ENCOURAGE piracy?
Do heavy handed, intrusive and overly strict anti-piracy measures like Product Activation and Valve's Steam online installation and verification "service" drive people to piracy to escape them?
Author:  Polityk [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:03 pm ]
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Or we could put it in a different way, lack of anti-piracy measuress and free access to the cultural goods increases sales of the product.
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:20 pm ]
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not really, I have no problems with steam, infact I like the idea and some of the options this centralised server option have (the problems I have are b/w related and that's BTs fault), and the pirate way is totally shit (you need two patches and loads of tinkering to get round).

Sure it took a few minutes to go through HL2 to ensure it matches the hash.

I do think that companies like BAYtsp put me off buying legitimate products.

So no, I don't agree but I totally agree with polityks way of thinking, so I voted yes if you meant the same thing.
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:43 pm ]
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Windows XP and it's Product activation "Feature" comes uner this heading too ;)
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:13 pm ]
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what product activation feature?

If your stupid enough to download anything but the corporate edition, that's your problem ;) If you've got a legit copy, then I personally wouldn't have bothered, get the cracked corporate version.


The point is people wouldn't have bought it anyway, regardless of the feature ;) And people who own it legit really don't care, it makes no difference to entering a cd key really.
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:29 pm ]
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If you've got a legit copy, then I personally wouldn't have bothered, get the cracked corporate version.


THAT'S the point I was trying to make
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:38 pm ]
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that has nothing to do with it or what I was saying, I just flat out wouldn't have bought any copy! ;)

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And people who own it legit really don't care, it makes no difference to entering a cd key really.
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:49 pm ]
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:lol:
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:07 pm ]
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I've got one legit copy of a m$ product, and that's windows 95 I got from someone ages ago who didn't want it.

I have several legitamite winXP keys too, since uni made the mistake of printing the keys on the top of their boxes :lol: They won't mind though since they are Fedora linux machines :lol:
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:23 pm ]
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I have several legitamite winXP keys too, since uni made the mistake of printing the keys on the top of their boxes


Yeah same for me @ work :)
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