Publisher have no moral high ground to stand on when trying to
stop piracy when they use business plans like this.
While
stopping piracy in its tracks completely is next to impossible, there is still a lot you can do to slow down the possibility of infringement dramatically:
I'm all
for stoping piracy, HOWEVER, what Mr. Goodkind did on facebook makes me weary of providing true ciriques of his works for fear I may be outed with private details posted for all to see just because he didn't like my review.
EPUB is supposed to be the e-book standard file format, but by refusing to adopt it for the Kindle, Amazon is taking one step
towards stopping a piracy ecosystem developing for e-books.
This is why, in my opinion, DRM is broken: it doesn't
actually stop piracy, it just annoys legitimate customers — even to the point of pushing them toward piracy!
«We can not do anything to
stop piracy of the game (and honestly don't intend to do so) but if you are downloading because you wish to try before you buy, I would ask that you purchase the game (and support the independent game development scene) if you enjoy it.»
Cinavia just seems like an unnecessary restriction because it doesn't
really stop piracy, it just stops you from watc...
Capcom, the game publisher, used Denuvo, an anti-tamper software touted to be the best in the business and the strong wall that will
stop piracy once and for all.
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Despite government's efforts to
stop piracy in the country, textile companies are still lamenting the impact on their operations of pirated textiles smuggled into the country.
Opponents say it kills innovation, does
n't stop piracy, and helps malware distributors.
One of the claims that studios make is that they need legislation to
stop piracy.
The way to
stop piracy is to kill pirates.
That's why some advocates are working at a higher level, intent on taking action against countries that don't work to
stop piracy.
It's kind of silly to say that keeping web users from d / l in the manga is
stopping piracy, because it isn't.
There is
no stopping piracy, as soon as countermeasures are deployed, people will circumvent them.
So not only does DRM * not *
stop piracy (at all!)
Only distributors like Amazon and Google Play can
stop piracy and plagiarism before they enter the market.
Sony initially said the installation of the rootkit was an acceptable way of running a DRM system to
stop piracy.
DRM will not and does not
stop piracy.
And it does nothing to
stop piracy, either.
Publishers insist on encryption because they believe
it stops piracy.
I fear pointless lawsuits a la the RIAA, as publishers try to «
stop piracy» instead of figuring out how to increase sales.
The point being made was that (a) DRM does not
stop piracy (as evidenced by the sheer volume of pirated books) and (b) it massively inconveniences the reader.
It's so bad that Nintendo is spearheading a lawsuit to
stop piracy.
Look at how well it works in
stopping piracy.
Take a moment to remember that time Ubisoft said DRM doesn't
stop piracy.
They stopped piracy by making the system so unappealing that nobody wanted one either to actually use it as intended or to crack it.
The problem was the overpriced memory cards that were supposed to
stop piracy.
Valve's Gabe Newell says the «easiest way to
stop piracy» is by providing the same services pirates have been providing gamers, and that this will be more effective than using technological measures to prevent piracy.
At least microsoft can
stop piracy this way, right?
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It may
stop piracy, but it would shut down our economy and unconstitutionally erode our most basic freedoms in the process.