[jacquesm]

Not only that: they end up enabling the pirates because the pirates are then able to provide the potential users of the product with a major reason for breaking the social contract (and the law): a much better user experience than the original.

[nottorp]

Back when I was buying DRM-infested games on disc (lately I don't do AAA crap because it's boring, so the only DRM i have to deal with is Steam), the first thing before even unpacking the discs was to download the nocd crack.

Those pirates provide a good service to the legitimate owners as well ;)