[vigabrand]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:

There is really not as much piracy as you think. Just because its every game doesnt make it every user. Piracy isnt doing enough damage to make game developers pay enough attention to it. P2P isnt much of a factor as long as efforts are succesfull in making it clear that its piracy. [/QB][/quote]
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That's only true in the U.S. It's gets real crazy once you get out of the country. Here's a link I found real quickly.

http://global.bsa.org/usa/press/news...-10.1129.phtml

Granted it includes all kinds of software (and it's a little dated), games are still a major factor. There's been a big movement towards cleaning Asian software piracy, which is the highest in the world. The fact that the Chinese gov't is now cooperating with Western software companies to crack down on pirates, means there's a lot money at stake. I have a friend who went on a business trip to China and saw Warcraft 3 for sale two weeks after it's release here, for $3.00, IN CHINESE! Though I see the reasons for copy protection, I believe it to be ineffectual. It only stops the most ignorant of computer Users, and only in the U.S. I've never had a problem copying, or cracking a CD, and I'm not that savvy at this kind of stuff. IMO, the only reason it's not so bad here in NA, is because our culture respects the idea of copyrights and such, and most of us are affluent enough to go and buy them. I don't think it's because of copy protection in any effectual way.

Vig

[ July 16, 2004, 23:03: Message edited by: vigabrand ]