But they expect it to be robust enough to prevent widespread piracy.

On the other hand, how would you prevent piracy?

This allowed it to work as a dongle to help prevent piracy of protected software.

Supposedly, this was to prevent piracy, but I'm not so sure.

All four companies have their own somewhat specialized software, especially for securing digital music to prevent piracy.

The purpose of this system is to prevent piracy and online cheating.

Others are holding out for further assurances on preventing piracy and guarantees that they will be able to pull their books from the service.

In a statement sent to Reuters, the company disputed the claims that it has done nothing to prevent piracy.

Japan introduced a system of foreign trade licenses to prevent smuggling and piracy in 1592.

Could these approaches actually prevent piracy, or do you think their backers are simply mistaken?