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Originally Posted by martes86
(seriously, how many people might have been interested in pirating a sim?)
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Well, surprisingly many.
For example, Maddox Games is slowly getting out of business because of piracy. When the first IL-game was published every fifth person used a pirated version. In 2004, 60% of Forgotten Battles+Ace Expansion Pack players used a pirated version.
Those figures are quite staggering actually.
DRM is just a result of publishers panicking - they need to do something to fight piracy. It is obviously flawed in many ways, but there is a reason for it.