curbing piracy, which they as a company NEED TO DO Let me state plainly that I believe piracy is generally immoral and I would be happy to see it vanish from t

curbing piracy, which they as a company NEED TO DO Let me state plainly that I believe piracy is generally immoral and I would be happy to see it vanish from the face of the earth. Let me also say that I think approaches like battle.net are much better than DRM. But, they do not necessarily need to stop piracy. What they need to do is earn a reasonable and healthy profit. They could (potentially) do this witout worrying about piracy at all. They would benefit from preventing all piracy that would otherwise have been a sale, of course, but if they are earning a profit even this is only beneficial, not necessary. The piracy that would not otherwise have been a sale is simply irrelevant to the company's health. In fact, in some circumstances piracy that would not otherwise have been a sale could be beneficial to them by providing publicity and helping to gain a fan base that will eventually make purchases (again, this should not in any way be read as condoning piracy, but it remains true.)