I thought the arguments about how the market should evolve to handle piracy were very interesting. With that, I truly appreciate Gabe Newell's perspective on t

I thought the arguments about how the market should evolve to handle piracy were very interesting. With that, I truly appreciate Gabe Newell's perspective on the issue: "Our goal is to create greater service value than pirates, and this has been successful enough for us that piracy is basically a non-issue for our company... prior to entering the Russian market, we were told that Russia was a waste of time because everyone would pirate our products. Russia is now about to become our largest market in Europe." [1] Valve's solution: Create an altogether better service. Be more convenient than piracy. It's a challenge for many industries to replicate what Valve has done, but I know for a fact that I buy games on Steam I could easily pirate because the quality of service is so great. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-28-valve-piracy-a-non-issue-for-steam http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-28-valve-piracy-a-...