[StrictlyFire]

Mixed feelings on this subject. Since I have never 'pirated' a movie or game, I am unaware of the technology that exists to circumvent the attempts of the companies to protect their software, so forgive me if I say something untrue.

I played a game recently (last couple of years) called Sacred Gold. RPG, swords and sorcery, etc etc. When it first came out, only way to play it was to have the CD in the drive, or it wouldnt play. After the game had been out fot a while, they removed the need to have the CD in the drive, allowing many gamers who played the game on LAN networks to play much easier than loading one computer, then loading the next, etc etc.

So, to me at least, the solution seems to be in creating a CD that cannot be copied. But I suspect this will be very similar to the radar situation many of us drivers face every day. The same companies making the radar guns for the police, are supplying the radar detectors to the public. Win-Win for the company, and everyone else get screwed. I suspect the companies who are creating anti-piracy code for the CD's are prepared to sell it for the right price.