GOG: How an Indie Game Store Took On the Pirates and Won

An anonymous reader writes "As if we needed further proof that DRM really is more trouble for publishers and consumers than it's worth, Good Old Games, the DRM-free download store that specializes in retro games, has yet more damning evidence. In an interview this week, the store's managing director says that its first venture into day one releases earlier this year with Witcher 2 was a storming success — and the version that hit the torrent sites was a cracked DRM version bought from a shop. The very definition of irony."

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Re:Dropping DRM is a step in the right direction

[shutdown -p now]

Are you saying that, if I make, say, some gadget, and put it on sale in my store, I shouldn't be upset if someone breaks in at night and takes it away because they "didn't think the price is worth the value", and "found other ways to get it"?