The vast majority of people who acquire a game like SH3 or SH1V, in my opinion, do so legally by purchasing it. Those people are then punished by having to load needlessly intrusive drivers onto their system, that are there to protect the game from a small number of thieves who will have defeated the protection software within weeks of the game's release. This leaves a high number of legitimate purchasrers struggling with unwanted and intrusive software, while the thieves laugh all the way to the bank. My argument is that the piracy figures would not be any higher, at least not by much, if this software protection was not in place, so why punish the good guys?
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