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Avalanche Boss: DRM is Stupid

By james_fudge

Christofer Sundberg, head of Just Cause creator Avalanche studios in Sweden says that there are better ways to deal with piracy than prosecuting them and locking them up. Sundberg is also opposed to other ways publishers deal with piracy such as 'always online' DRM measures.

"Piracy is always worrying," he told CVG. "It's never been a helpful thing. We'll let our publishers fight that battle. But I mean, 50 percent of the people that work for me come from a hacker background - that's true. But in Sweden the [hacking] scene was huge. We're the home of the Pirate Bay, you know. As a studio, we've found that there's definitely a lot of talent [in the hacking community]."

Sundberg also called DRM measures "stupid." This is not the first time the Avalanche boss has spoken ill of DRM. He's obviously not a fan. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on March 25, 2011 (boomark / email).