My stance on piracy is, there will always be piracy, in any industry. Be in video games, movies, music, jewelry, perfume, caviar, toilet paper, etc. You name it, someone is always going to try to make a cheaper or free version of it, either by copying the original or undercutting the original product in price with an inferior product.
As for how to combat piracy, that's the major dilemma. Most companies try to combat it with 'anti-piracy' measures like codes on games, region locking on systems, self-authorizing games, etc. However, I feel that if you really want to combat piracy, you need to produce a better quality product and distribute it well. If people are so infatuated with your product that they only want to buy YOUR product, then they will. If they are only somewhat interested, then they will pirate it and 'try it out' or just plain use it without buying it. No thing like region locking or installation codes are going to stop 100% of people.
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