antipiracy

A new study has revealed that threatening anti-piracy messages can actually lead to people pirating more digital content in some cases – although men and women tend to respond very differently to the messaging used.Men were found to typically increase piracy behaviors after seeing messages that threatened legal action and other negative consequences over piracy, whereas with women the anti-piracy messages typically did have the intended effect.The researchers behind the study, from the University of Portsmouth in the UK,…

Hack attack. Wikipedia, CC BY-SA Threatening messages aimed to prevent digital piracy have the opposite effect if you're a man, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has found. According to the research, women tend to respond positively to this kind of messaging, but men typically increase their piracy behaviors by 18%. The study is published…

Anti-piracy campaigns can actually cause more piracy — if you’re a man. So say the cybercrime experts at the University of Portsmouth, who investigated efforts to deter illegal torrenting, streaming, and file-sharing. To test the techniques, the researchers exposed 962 adults to threatening messages used in anti-piracy campaigns. They then evaluated potential changes in behaviour. They discovered a cavernous gender gap. The messages led piracy intentions to decline by 52% in women, but they…

Monster Hunter Rise has stopped running on Steam Deck after an update to the game, according to fans. An update to the game has replaced Denuvo anti-piracy software with the Enigma Protector, a controversial DRM method that has caused issues with performance in other games that it has been implemented in, with Capcom reverting the update for titles such as Resident Evil Revelations 2. Now it’s been noted by fans on X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit that the same DRM has caused Monster Hunter Rise to stop launching on…