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It is generally far easier to get a cracked version of an original game. As for 'piracy subculture', I guess that now with Steam refusing to accept payments fr
by Andrew_nenakhov 4y ago
It is generally far easier to get a cracked version of an original game.
As for 'piracy subculture', I guess that now with Steam refusing to accept payments from Russian users (who couldn't pay by Mastercard/visa anyway) it'll receive a powerful boost.
- sudosysgen 4y agoWhen Iran went into a similar position there were rumours that the state undertook its own piracy efforts. Incidentally there are a lot of software you'll only find cracks for in Iranian website if you use an Iranian IP.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoProbably when a country falls out of an international community with more or less consistent approach to enforcement of IP laws, it creates a certain Wild West-like environment.
- sudosysgen 4y agoNot quite, it's really that poorer countries don't want to enforce IP laws, they only do so under pressure from richer countries. There are international communities such as as the African Union that really don't give a shit about IP, it's really the US and Europe that press for it in Africa.