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'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
News A protection system from Macrovision and British games developer Codemasters ensures that pirated copies of games slowly degenerate to the point where they become unusable -- players in car games will find they can no longer steer, games involving...
[October 14, 2003, 11:20]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback This is a bad thing as far as I am concerned. As a matter of routine I use some of the tools that allow you to make a copy of a CD and then run the copy while fooling the system into thinking that it is the original disk, or when that method fails...
[October 14, 2003, 14:25]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback Pirates who find 3 copies too much effort? I suggest you are missing the point Anon Canada, not me. Saving $60-$100 by spending 80c worth of extra CDs and 30 mins more? Oh you're right, 90% of those that copy CD's would never do that.
[November 2, 2003, 22:05]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback lol Why would that stop pirates from buying the real thing? and cloning it?
[October 29, 2003, 10:13]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback Stupid idea! As always, the honest buyer will be annoyed (CD can be scratched, you can't backup, no way to use a cdrom emulator to get more than one drive, etc. But the pirates will soon go around the copy protection.
[October 14, 2003, 19:25]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback This sounds no different than normal other than allowing semi working versions of games to be made from copies. From the pirates perspective its simply another piece of protection to remove before repackaging the game ready for distribution over...
[October 14, 2003, 21:44]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback It had better "FADE" quickly - many games these days are so poor that most players will have become bored with it or finished it long before it fades. Ever rushed out to buy the latest mega hit only for it to sit on the shelf after the first week ?
[October 15, 2003, 12:21]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback I agree with the last post, but also game makers will not use this protection simply because it will force companys to put out quality products. However for the people that create games like Halflife or the Unreal Tournaments they could gain alot...
[October 15, 2003, 12:56]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback I expect the pirates will produce cracks for protected games just as they do currently.
[October 14, 2003, 12:11]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback That would be a good idea if it was at all possible! I believe it is just impossible to stop pirates from countering all the new "great anti-copy ideas" the game companies can come up with.as you said in your article, this is just a cat and mouse...
[October 14, 2003, 12:09]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback Just make a few copies and play each one from the point the last one "fades"! When I read this it seemed obvious how to get around it - as every game has saved positions, and the word will get around what games have "fading" in them, before...
[October 15, 2003, 21:22]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback Sure you may be able to just make a bunch of copies, but that requires you spending time burning each cd, remembering which one you used last, possibly having to re-install the game each time it fades, etc.
[October 28, 2003, 18:15]
Microsoft: Pirate software will not be supported
News Microsoft has quashed comments by a senior official that its next Windows XP update will run on pirated copies of the operating system. We haven't explicitly done anything to SP2 to exclude it from pirated copies," Microsoft group product manager...
[May 11, 2004, 13:35]
Hollywood, software firms aim at pirates
News Two major trade groups on Thursday filed a slew of civil lawsuits against people they claim were selling pirated copies of films and software via online auction sites. The groups urged consumers to avoid buying pirated copies of software and films...
[February 28, 2003, 7:56]
XP SP2 - at your service?
Talkback Microsoft Senior Vice President, Windows Client Group, Will Poole, who was in Bangkok to attend the ICT expo recently, an event that coincided with "the final stages of lift-off" for SP2 was interviewed at which time he stated that the SP2 would...
[August 25, 2004, 15:17]
Net piracy presents paradox to entertainers
News Pointing to the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace example, Sinnreich maintained that although its producer, Lucasfilm, is fretting about the film being available in fuzzy pirated copies online, comparatively few people are likely to sit...
[August 2, 1999, 11:42]
Windows 'piracy' checks rounded again
News For Microsoft, this marks another embarrassing episode of its WGA software failing to identify pirated copies of the OS. Sometimes it's hard for users to determine if they have a pirated version. Some buy computers from less reputable resellers or...
[August 1, 2005, 12:40]
Aussie mod-chip veto criticised
News While the ACCC supports Sony's right to crack down on the sale of pirated copies of Playstation games, this decision now means Australian consumers will be unable to enjoy games legitimately bought overseas, as well as legitimate backup copies.
[August 1, 2003, 12:05]
Pirated XP on sale already in Malaysia
News In Singapore, pirated versions of Windows XP retail for about $6, although Ben Tan, Microsoft's product manager for Singapore, claimed that these copies were not final products. As if in tandem with the economic crisis, vendors have been dishing...
[September 24, 2001, 17:18]
Will the real Eminem CD please stand up?
News The Friday before the Eminem album's long-awaited release, a busy US street corner was dotted with bootleggers' card tables and blankets, each strewn with pirated copies of CDs and movies for sale. Although pirated versions of the album were widely...
[May 29, 2002, 10:30]
