HL2 - 20,000 Pirates BANNED!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4041289.stm

Ban hits Half-Life 2 pirates hard
About 20,000 people have been banned from playing the Half-Life 2 game.

Game maker Valve shut down the online accounts of the players because it had evidence that their copy of the game had been obtained illegally.

Copies of Half-Life 2 had been circulating on file-sharing systems soon after it was officially released.

Experts said the success of the Half-Life 2 anti-piracy system might tempt other game makers into creating their own version.

gotta love it man, Great thing is, many of thoes people were members of steam to play half life and its mods. they downloaded a version of HL2 that valve purposely put out, and now they're banned of steam and cant even play thier original half life or its mods. HA!

go valve