piracy
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Two Of The Oldest Video Game Torrents In The World Are Ubisoft Classics
The Pirate Bay is about to turn 13, and in honour of the site becoming a teenager, folks like Torrentfreak are checking out the oldest content that has been continuously available since its launch back in 2003.
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Pirates Pounce On Conan Exiles After Developers Accidentally Remove DRM
In the never-ending battle between pirates and DRM makers, there are no easy victories. Or at least, that was the case with notorious anti-tamper tech Denuvo until, well, yesterday.
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DOOM Becomes Latest Game To Drop Anti-Piracy Tech Denuvo
A couple of weeks ago, Playdead removed Denuvo’s anti-piracy tech from the Steam version of Inside. They did so in typical Playdead fashion, which is to say without using words to explain any of it. Now id Software’s done the same with DOOM. Sadly, they didn’t make the announcement with heavy metal.
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86-Year-Old Grandmother Accused Of Pirating PC Game, Liable For $5000
Christine McMillan, an 86 year-old woman from Ontario, was pretty surprised when she received an email claiming she’d pirated post-apocalyptic FPS Metro 2033. She was even more surprised about the part where she was liable for a fine of up to $CA5000 ($4899). Itsy bitsy problem: She didn’t even know what Metro 2033 was.