What was it that Gabe Newell said about piracy?

"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."

Now we're starting to see a return to service problems in gaming. Studios, driven by the demands of their shareholders to see each year's profit being measurably higher than the one before, are going to end up giving pirates just that many more reasons to keep doing what they do.

I'm finding myself more and more interested in site like GOG--I don't need the hassle of fucking around and finding out with less-than-legit means of acquisition--where lack of DRM is a strong selling point. I'm also glad that much of my personal gaming library is older stuff where nobody gives a shit about throwing in some dodgy DRM in a scheme to fuck people over for no reason.