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How to prevent pirating?

https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-6-player-with-over-400-hours-gets-full-refund-from-steam-after-key-modes-were-removed

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[-] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The "copyright argument" they made was that pirating isn't stealing, it's violating copyright, and (implied) that these are two different things. I'm pretty sure this argument hasn't been knocked down yet, so a bit premature of you to call it stupid.

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