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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by shmerl on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:45AM (#7058016)
> I was just refuting that all steam games have DRM

Practically all do, I already explained above. Being unable to back up the installer is already DRM, and it's coming from Valve themselves, not from the publishers.

Always on-line DRM and such is another level of nastiness, but the above is DRM too.

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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by Semaphor on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:49AM (#7058042)
You can still backup the game files after installation.
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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by shmerl on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:52AM (#7058052)
That may or may not work for reinstalling the game another time. And Steam doesn't help to make it easier, and doesn't let you find out these details before buying the game. therefore I don't consider it to be really DRM-free. The proper DRM free game is distributed as installer / archive package. Steam doesn't offer such option.
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