I don't think video game piracy is as bad as people say, and I made a video essay to prove it.

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Article about why anti-piracy ads don't work ➜ https://www.vice.com/en/article/93aan8/widely-mocked-anti-piracy-ads-made-people-pirate-more-study-finds 
Reddit thread about Warez scene and EMPRESS ➜ https://old.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/rowk83/digital_piracy_the_rise_of_empress_how_one_woman/
Wikipedia article on Warez scene ➜ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_warez_groups

🎬 CHAPTERS 🎬
0:00 What Piracy Is(n't)
6:59 The Warez Scene
10:11 DRM & Denuvo
15:42 Effect On Sales
19:37 The Business Response
24:54 Emulation & Preservation
29:17 Conclusion