Piracy, has become a huge threat to the video games industry. Piracy is when an unauthorised copy of a peice of software has been made. This means that users can often get brand new software for FREE upon release.
This poses as a strong threat to the industry as the industry gains no money yet people still have access to the game/software.
Piracy is at its strongest on the PC, as no hacking is required like on consoles. Just simply use a bittorrent client and find a torrent website and voila you're a pirate. its really that simple.
Ways companys try to stop piracy...
SecurRom - Means the original CD has to be in the drive before the game starts
Activation codes - An activation code has to be inputted in order to start installation
DRM - The game checks online for cracks/bypasses. if it finds any differences the game will not start.
Ways hackers&cracking teams Overcome security.
Securom - Reverse engineer executable and send a replacement without Securom.
Activation codes - Key Generater.
DRM - Reverse engineer executable and send a replacement without DRM.
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