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Sony and Nintendo Step Up Anti-Piracy Efforts

Posted by Soulskill on from the escalating-arms-race dept.

Edge reports that Sony and Nintendo are both expanding their anti-piracy operations in an effort to reduce piracy rates on the PSP and the DS respectively. Nintendo has hired Neil Boyd, who handled anti-piracy operations for Warner Brothers, to help them demonstrate their "willingness to take action against criminals who are making money out of the infringement of games developers' copyright." Sony has taken a more direct approach, choosing to alter the hardware used in the PSP Go so that things like the Pandora battery can no longer be used to alter the firmware.

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  1. GOD DAMN RUSSIANS RUIN IT FOR THE REST OF US !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Fuckwad pirate scum !!! Pirate and supoprt terrorists !! Out back with all of them. Bullets are too good. Just fucking cut off their heads !!

  2. Their real anti-piracy strategy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A new fleet of ships of the line, bristling with cannons and hung with sails.

    Let's see how those pirates handle a few hundred pounds of cannonballs coming at them!

    Also, they're sending in the Plumbers to clean things up.

  3. Re:Strategy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Warner Bros. anti-piracy strategy is suing people. What?

    Found out that Warner Bros. anti-piracy strategy is... *wears sunglasses* eating kittens. YEEEAAHHHH!!!

    There, all true..