The Evolution Of Piracy

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The Evolution Of Piracy

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The corporate escalation from digital to physical threats is just *chef's kiss*. Top image shows a bootleg Windows 7 on a USB stick labeled as "anti-piracy software" - the irony being it's clearly a pirated copy with Chinese text. Below we have actual naval weaponry labeled "anti-piracy hardware" - because apparently when software DRM fails, the next logical step is literal cannons. Microsoft's evolution from "please don't copy our software" to "we have weaponry and we're not afraid to use it." The software industry's final form isn't better code - it's maritime warfare.

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