Neowin News Feed for: Pirating

Death Stranding 2 PC version leaks on Steam, letting pirates play early

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:30:01 +0000

It looks like pirates are playing Death Stranding 2 on PC ahead of the launch, just as the game is about to ditch its PlayStation 5 exclusivity officially. Read more...

UK legalizing private copying of CDs and DVDs

Stefano Elia — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:05:54 +0000

The British government will officially announce tomorrow a proposed change of law that is claimed to have hindered innovation. Read more...

Call of Duty: Black Ops was most pirated game for 2010

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:41:02 +0000

Even though Call of Duty: Black Ops has been available to the public for just under two months the game has achieved what most could not achieve all year. Black Ops was this year's most... Read more...

No more Android pirates: Google launches licensing service

Owen Williams — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:31:57 +0000

Android has been a platform that allows its users to pirate applications relatively easily up until now, with users able to install licensed, pay applications if they can get a copy of the "apk" installer... Read more...

Desktop Linux a vehicle for pirating Windows

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:15:41 +0000

PCs running Linux are growing in popularity in part because they can be loaded with a pirated copy of Windows, according to a study from analyst Gartner. The consulting firm issued a... Read more...