UK Gaming site Pocket Gamer has delivered a well thought out and researched piece about piracy and online content. While primarily about gaming and the new rush for downloadable content, the landscape is remarkably similar to the software markets for smartphones. Looking at all angles, the final statement "...whatever excuses any of us have employed for justifying a pirated game are well and truly dead." is one that we'd stand by here, but it covers some new ground in the world of App Stores, current estimated levels of piracy and public opinion.

Writer Spanner Spencer has spoken to a number of the mobil gaming houses to get their opinions, rather than just industry trade bodies:

Team17's founder agrees that obsessing about the levels of piracy has negative implications that go beyond the financial, saying, "I have a rough rule of thumb that says every week we spend trying to curb piracy results in an hour of delay and prevention. So these days on better digital DRM, we don't think about it too much."

Secret Exit's Jani Karhama also had a view on anti-piracy measures:

"Our game detected if it had been tampered with and showed the user a 'Thank You' screen with a purchase link after a brief period of playing. It seemed like a gentle way of nudging people in the right direction," says Karhama. "I believe it took a day or two before that measure was removed from a pirated version of the game.

The full article can be found at Pocket Gamer.