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  2. Video game piracy - Wikipedia

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    As the personal computer rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s, so too did the tendency to copy video games onto floppy disks and cassette tapes, and share pirated copies by hand. [5] Piracy networks can be traced back to the mid-1980s, with infrastructure changes resulting from the Bell System breakup serving as a major catalyst.

  3. List of banned video games by country - Wikipedia

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    Authorities in Uzbekistan banned a number of games over concerns that they could be "used to propagate violence, pornography, threaten security and social and political stability", most notably first-person shooters such as Call of Duty: Black Ops and Doom, horror games like Silent Hill and Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat and even relatively non ...

  4. Video game controversies - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 November 2024. Video games Platforms Arcade video game Console game Game console Home console Handheld console Electronic game Audio game Electronic handheld Online game Browser game Social-network game Mobile game PC game Linux Mac Virtual reality game Genres Action Shooter Action-adventure Adventure ...

  5. Here’s another big reason to avoid pirating content online

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  6. Game Dev Tycoon teaches a lesson about pirating games - AOL

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    Game Dev Tycoon is a fun new simulation game about managing your very own video game development company, and the first release by a studio called Greenheart Games. But like any game on the market ...

  7. Online piracy - Wikipedia

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    Online piracy has led to improvements into file sharing technology that has bettered information distribution as a whole. Additionally, pirating communities tend to model market trends well, as members of those communities tend to be early adopters.

  8. Class (pirating group) - Wikipedia

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    Class was involved in a long-standing rivalry with a competing game pirating group known as MYTH. The two groups released strictly ripped games, as opposed to the CD image content released by groups such as Fairlight. Games would be split into the base rip, which would have as little content as possible to fully play the game; additional media ...

  9. Dozens of anime piracy websites have gone dark this week ...

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    Internet pirates took another hit this week as dozens of anime piracy websites — including the popular Aniwave site — suddenly went dark. Fans were in mourning after the sites went down ...