Microsoft uses verification codes to
prevent illegal copying of its software, and using such codes is not anticompetitive, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times.
Therefore, Smashwords can not completely
prevent illegal copying of an author's work.
Generally, they claim that digital rights management is meant to
prevent illegal copying of the e-book.
Not exact matches
DRM is supposed to
prevent piracy, or
illegal copying and distribution of your e-book after is sold.
So it's understandable why Activision is trying to
prevent as much as possible the distribution of
illegal copies of the game.
The software is designed to get around these encryptions, intended to
prevent playing of
illegal game
copies, with the intention of accessing videos and MP3 files on both the DS and the Wii.