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Gabe Newell Says DRM Strategies 'Are Just Dumb'

Valve president thinks developers should focus more on "service value."

By Kris Pigna, 12/02/2008

Evidently not content being the champion of free downlodable content, Valve president Gabe Newell has now gone on record as a critic of stringent digital rights management too. Responding to a letter that was posted, of all places, on the "ih8evilstuff" LiveJournal page (via GamePolitics), Newell said that DRM strategies "are just dumb" because they only decrease the value of a game in the consumer's eyes.

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