CD Projekt To Pursue Fines For Torrenting

Polish RPG developers CD Projekt recently announced that their next game, The Witcher 2, would ship without DRM, and there was much rejoicing. But that doesn't mean they're going to be all Mr NiceGuy about it. Speaking to Eurogamer, CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwiński said that the company would be pursuing legal action against those net users illegally downloading the game.

"Of course we're not happy when people are pirating our games, so we are signing with legal firms and torrent sneaking companies... In quite a few big countries, when people are downloading it illegally they can expect a letter from a legal firm saying, 'Hey, you downloaded it illegally and right now you have to pay a fine.'"

Of course the policing of downloaded content is a highly contentious area in which the legislation is still being proven - and fought against in the courts - but it does suggested a renewed interest by games companies in directly combating piracy on the PC. DRM doesn't work, we all know that, so it's hardly surprising that companies like CD Projekt will look to other methods to protect their work. Personally I think low prices and swift digital downloads have been the best weapon.