Colin 0 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition Barry Fox Link. Software pirates who make illegal copies of a particular computer game are finding the games companies are coming up with a radical new anti-copying strategy. Illegally copied games protected by the system work properly at first, but start to fall apart after the player has had just enough time to get hooked. As a result, the pirated discs actually encourage people to buy the genuine software, the developers say. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firefly2442 0 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I believe Operation Flashpoint had something like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parabellum 12 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 That's exactly what OFP had. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CrowmanUK 0 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 FADE I think it was called Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Article date 10:28 10 October 2003 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the.ronin 5 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Yes ... this has been used for quite some time now. Evidence Eliminator was notorious for letting you enter "serialz" which worked for a limited duration. At least, that's what I heard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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