On this page you will find various interesting articles and discussions about Piracy, Copy Protection and DRM in which many people share their different opinions…
Here are some of the view points that you will find:

• Ultra contra: “Piracy is generally and always bad”
• Ultra pro: “Piracy is generally and always good”
• Differentiated: “Well it depends on the situation”
• Uninterested: “I don’t care”
• Uncritical: “I have no own opinion and just follow popular opinions of others”

It’s not an easy topic and thus critical thinking is recommended to spot flawed logic and nonsensical arguments.

Also consider to check out this really interesting and informative video called History of DRM & Copy Protection in Computer Games to see “an overview of copy protection and DRM schemes used in computer gaming, covering the most notable and interesting methods from the late 70′s on up through today!”

Articles About Copy Protection, Piracy and DRM

• Where DRM Does Come From? (Wolfire Games)
• Internet DRM And The Challenging Online World (Wolfire Games)
• Another View Of Game Piracy (Wolfire Games)
• Saving A Penny – Pirating The Humble Indie Bundle (Wolfire Games)
• Apathy And Refunds Are More Dangerous Than Piracy (Tommy Refenes of Team Meat)
• On (No) DRM (Rob Fearon)
• Piraters Pay Up in Light of Team Meat Interview (IGN)
• Piracy And The Four Currencies (Lars Doucet)
• Sometimes It’s OK To Steal My Games (Jeff Vogel)

• PC Game Piracy Examined (TweakGuides)
• State Of The Industry: Piracy (The Mediocrity Codex)
• Talking To “Pirates” (Positech Games)
• Indie Dev Asks ‘Why?’ and Pirates Reply (Kotaku)
• The Piracy Threshold (Matt Gemmell)
• SimCity, Diablo 3 and a review of customer service (Joystiq)
• Torchlight pirated over 5 million times in China, Runic CEO: “That’s fine with us.” (PC Gamer)
• Are You Ready? Fight! SSF4:AE DRM WTF (Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
• Fred Wester: “DRM Is A Waste Of Money” (Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
• Rock,Paper, Shotgun about Piracy (Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
• The Copy Protection Dilemma (The Book Of Hook)

• Piracy (The Escapist – Extra Credit) [VIDEO]
• Everything Is A Remix [VIDEO] (info that the videos continue after the credits)
• The Impossible DRM (The Escapist)
• 10 Ways to Fight Piracy (The Escapist)
• Escapist Podcast: DRM, Piracy & PC Gaming (The Escapist)
• Opinion: Ubisoft, piracy, and the death of reason (PC Gamer)
• How Bad is PC Piracy Really? (Eurogamer)
• Should More Indie Developers Be Saying ‘Just Pirate It’? (Eurogamer)

• A game we all win: Dumping DRM can increase sales while reducing piracy (ars technica)
• On (No) DRM (Rob Fearon)
• Your Customers Hate DRM (gamesindustry.biz)
• If You Want To Fight Piracy, Make Better Games (Wired)
• 10 Ways to Fight Piracy (TIGSource Forums)
• Indie Piracy Must Stop (TIGSource Forums)
• Experimenting With Piracy – An Indie Mac Developer’s Perspective (Click On Tyler)

• Indie Game Piracy – First Hand Developer’s Experience (Steam Forums)
• Confirmed 99% Piracy Ratio (Indiegamer Forums)
• DRM (TIGSource Forums)
• The 90/10 Piracy Rule (Designer Notes)
• The Case For Used Games (Designer Notes)
• Why History Needs Software Piracy (Technologizer)
• The Pirate’s Dilemma (Free Book About “Piracy”. Note: I haven’t read it and thus don’t know whether it’s good or not)

• Ignore Everything You’ve Heard About App Store Piracy! (Steffen Itterheim)
• GOG.com About DRM
• How Piracy Works (Notch)
• Why Piracy Is Good (World Of Stuart)
• Love Your Pirates (What Games Are)
• Discussion About ROMs (TIGSource Forums)

• The Piracy Debate – Part 1 (4 color rebellion)
• The Piracy Debate – Part 2 (4 color rebellion)
• The Final Answer For What To Do To Prevent Piracy (Jeff Vogel)
• Extreme DRM = illegal? (TIGSource Forums)
• Consumers against DRM (TIGSource Forums)
• Copy Protection / DRM (TIGSource Forums)
• Talk About Pirates Day – Indie Game Piracy (TIGSource Forums)

• Piracy And Prevention (Gamasutra)
• DRM – Something – Profit (Gamasutra)