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Old 05-01-2006   #18 (permalink)
pyro_dragun
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Re: Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3

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Originally Posted by ckin2001
dont expect to see this on consoles
Yeah, cause it will either refuse to run cause of their crappy protection, or break your DVD drive . Stupid macrovision, all they are doing is wasting money on something that will be broken 3 months after its release.

Macrovision isn't after protection of intellectual property, they are just after money. If companies really wanted to protect games, they would require online activation, sort of like valve does with steam. It's still not 100% fool proof, but it most likely works better.
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