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Steam's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew and his trusty CD burner | CD burning was threatening Steam's entire business model
Harrington has a somewhat contentious relationship with Valve's origin story. In 2024, she said that her name had been erased from the company's history despite her contribution...
Burned: Valve's founding chief marketing officer, Monica Harrington, recently shared her account of how the company became the leading provider of digital PC games. The CD burner story prompted Valve's top management to adopt an online authentication system for every single game sold through Steam, Harrington said. A lot of people complained on Valve forums that the game wasn't working, but Mike Harrington discovered that they had never purchased a legit Half-Life copy to begin with.
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