Don't Copy That Floppy!: A History of Anti-cracking Controls in Early Video Games

Purdue CERIAS posted an almost 43.5 minutes YouTube video recording -- "... Don't Copy That Floppy!: A History of Anti-cracking Controls in Early Video Games... The roots of software piracy were propelled by the fledgling game market of the 1980's where the PC game supply chains were brittle and copying floppy disks was really easy. This talk will walk through the history and evolution anti-cracking controls as video games moved from bedroom game development to a 220 billion dollar industry..."