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Entries in ‘piracy’ (88)

Rampant in-game piracy stings real pirates
29th April 2013, 11:18am

News: Rampant in-game piracy stings real pirates

Players of illegally downloaded version of Game Dev Tycoon plagued by poor sales

Team Meat: DRM worse for devs than piracy
19th March 2013, 3:44pm

News: Team Meat: DRM worse for devs than piracy

'Respect your customers and they may in turn purchase your game instead of pirating it'

Indie dev makes $12k through piracy promotion
20th February 2013, 10:30am

News: Indie dev makes $12k through piracy promotion

'The promo bay far exceeded what our sales cycle would have been if we just went on as normal,' says Sean Hogan

Indie uses piracy to promote Steam Greenlight game
11th February 2013, 1:05pm

News: Indie uses piracy to promote Steam Greenlight game

Illegal file-sharing 'inevitable', so small developers should embrace it, says Sean Hogan

Easier iPhone piracy threatens developers
4th January 2013, 3:20pm

News: Easier iPhone piracy threatens developers

New hacks surface, while Hunted Cow shuts down its pirated game after one week

Dev: I'll quit 3DS if piracy gets bad
3rd January 2013, 11:00am

News: Dev: I'll quit 3DS if piracy gets bad

Dementium maker says pirates crippled the DS market

Hotline Miami pirated 'to extraordinary levels'
12th December 2012, 10:51am

News: Hotline Miami pirated 'to extraordinary levels'

Shooter sells 130,000 copies despite 'staggering' amount of illegal file sharing

Gamemaker anti-piracy bug destroys developer assets
29th November 2012, 12:46pm

News: Gamemaker anti-piracy bug destroys developer assets

YoYo Games patches tool to remove 'destructive' security measures affecting legitimate users

SI: Preventing piracy enabled us to hire 17 devs
9th November 2012, 11:28am

News: SI: Preventing piracy enabled us to hire 17 devs

New security measures enabled Football Manager dev to stop illegal file sharing for two weeks

Hotline Miami creator lends support to game pirates
26th October 2012, 2:17pm

News: Hotline Miami creator lends support to game pirates

Jonatan Soderstrom asks for torrent to be updated after bug fixes are made to the original release

Making an indie hit: New Star Soccer uncovered
12th September 2012, 11:16am

Features: Making an indie hit: New Star Soccer uncovered

A true bedroom coder, Simon Read talks to Develop about creating a mobile sensation

Ubisoft scraps always-on PC DRM
5th September 2012, 2:14pm

News: Ubisoft scraps always-on PC DRM

Developer-publisher officially ends unpopular anti-piracy measure

Madfinger Android app suffers 80% piracy rate
26th July 2012, 10:30am

News: Madfinger Android app suffers 80% piracy rate

Studio claims number of illegal copies rose to 99 per cent in some countries

UK ISPs expand internet piracy blockade
23rd July 2012, 5:25pm

News: UK ISPs expand internet piracy blockade

Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and Talk Talk denying a number of new IP addresses

Ouya founder defends security of open console
17th July 2012, 11:25am

News: Ouya founder defends security of open console

'Rooting the device won't give you any more access to the software', claims Julie Uhrman

How Android developers can fight piracy bots and malware
16th July 2012, 12:40pm

Blog: How Android developers can fight piracy bots and malware

In the first of a series by speakers at the Apps World event in October, Commonsware founder Mark Murphy offers these defences

Hacker opens up iOS to free in-app purchases
16th July 2012, 11:30am

News: Hacker opens up iOS to free in-app purchases

New exploit could cost developers thousands in lost revenue

EU bows to public pressure and rejects ACTA
4th July 2012, 1:40pm

News: EU bows to public pressure and rejects ACTA

478 MEPS vote against tough anti-piracy treaty

Pirate Bay traffic increases despite UK block
20th June 2012, 3:48pm

News: Pirate Bay traffic increases despite UK block

BT joins O2, TalkTalk and Virgin in blocking direct access to the site

Public pressure puts ACTA on the brink
8th May 2012, 3:22pm

News: Public pressure puts ACTA on the brink

Neelie Kroes 'observing political reality' by playing down treaty's chances of success, says spokesman

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