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View Poll Results: What DRM system would you accept to beat the pirates?
No DRM at all... 16 16.00%
CD key only (with limited activations) 11 11.00%
Single online software activation 45 45.00%
Publisher account (UBI) with online & phone activation 7 7.00%
Publisher account (UBI) with weekly activation 4 4.00%
(Current) Continous internet connection to play. 3 3.00%
other... (please specify in thread) 14 14.00%
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Old 01-30-10, 09:27 AM   #16
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I voted for "other...". The best copy protection I can think of is a mix of serveral techniques currently in use.
The product should be shipped with an unique key that's stored in a database on a server of the publisher. During install you have to enter that key and an online activation is performed plus important files such as the executable will be downloaded. These files have an expiring date, which means that you would have to download these files (let's say) every 3 days, if you want to play. If they manage to entirely think through and make such a copy protection they could stop piracy completely. If important program code is streamed somehow (with a reasonable solution to play offline too) then no pirate, hacker whatsoever will be able to get rid of that protection.
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I hope alot of people will buy SHV. I will and I will mod it and play it. Keep in mind if we don´t buy it, the next SH title will look like this and you can look forward to a starfish addon...
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