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    The Impossible DRM

    That's not how OnLive is supposed to work. It is literally supposed to be a video stream to your computer from their servers: the game itself is never on your hard drive. That's not to say I'm convinced that it will work (bandwidth, server load, and lag all seem like disturbingly large...
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    The Impossible DRM

    Like I said, I don't have numbers on me, so it's difficult to make an informed argument to what's actually happening. My inclination is that hardcore pirates are ALWAYS going to pirate, no matter what you do, so those are people you just have to ignore. What stopping day 0 piracy might do...
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    The Impossible DRM

    If I recall correctly, the intent of DRM is NOT to stop piracy. As you point out, that's an impossibility, and most sane people recognize that. The intent is instead to DELAY pirated copies from becoming available, because nothing hurts a game more than day 0 (or earlier!) piracy. In that...