Nintendo wins Canadian copyright case against the sale of piracy-enabling flashcarts
Nintendo has scored another win in court, and this time it is against retailers that sell piracy devices. Canadian federal court ordered Go Cyber...
It’s not ‘game over’ for hackers or pirates yet
An archaeologist transformed the video game industry in 1996. Flinging herself from the rafters of her stately home and onto the screens of gamers,...
Chinese cloners copy Supercell’s Clash Royale hit in just a week
This was inevitable, but the speed at which it happened is surprising. A Chinese company has already come up with a clone of Supercell’s...
Piracy is a big problem for premium iPhone and iPad games — much more than you realize
For example, 60 percent of Monument Valley installs on iPhone and iPad were not paid for. I’m not a newcomer to the game business, so I know that most of those pirated downloads wouldn’t translate to sales, if somehow we could stop piracy.
Pirates are successfully upgrading to Windows 10 for free
According to some Reddit users, Windows 10 is even showing as activated.
Microsoft will not offer free Windows 10 upgrades to pirates
If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. All that talk about pirates getting free Windows 10 upgrades? Not happening. In January, we learned that for one year, Microsoft would offer free Windows 10 upgrades to those running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1.
Microsoft says free Windows 10 upgrades for pirates will be ‘non-genuine’ and unsupported, stays mum on security
VentureBeat has been trying to get more details from the company, which disclosed today that after PCs with pirated copies of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are upgraded to Windows 10, they will remain in a “non-genuine” status and Microsoft will not support them.
Uh, oh: Company claims its device can play pirated Nintendo 3DS games
A company called Gateway might have just opened the 3DS to piracy.
3DS in danger: Why piracy is a bigger problem than just sales
Could piracy really ruin the 3DS's future? Developers explain why it's bad for everyone and what, if anything, we can do to stop it.
Ubisoft shifts its digital rights management stance from stick to carrot
Ubisoft clarifies its stance on digital rights management.