It sort of is a big issue if you consider that preserving the history of something relies on lawbreaking motivated by piracy to enable it. Outside of the again

It sort of is a big issue if you consider that preserving the history of something relies on lawbreaking motivated by piracy to enable it. Outside of the against-the-law bit it requires sufficiently motivated attackers and insufficiently good DRM. The status quo is probably stable for games and big name software packages for the time being, but it doesn't inspire confidence for the long term.