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Via ArsTechnica I found this interesting story about videogames developer and entrapreneur Chris Harris (from Positech Games).

Through his blog he asked the pirates to tell him why they pirate games. They answered and Chris found out the main reasons are:

1. The information wants to/free anarchists think copyright shouldn't exist.
2. Games are too expensive.
3. The quality of gaming is too uneven.
4. DRM is hurting the legitimate customers.
5. Going to the shops is annoying.
6. Because piracy is easy to do with low risk for getting caught.

Want to know which moves took Chris after the survey? He completely dumped DRM from his games and he'll cut down the prices too.

I'm really curious to read some future results of his moves but I think he dealt with piracy in the best way he could: thinking of pirates as competitors and find some really smart business solutions.

If you're interested on this topic, take a look also at the book "The Pirate's Dilemma".

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