unpirateable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ pirate +‎ -able

Adjective

unpirateable (comparative more unpirateable, superlative most unpirateable)

1. (software, computing) Not able to be pirated by third parties.
   • 2014 January 16, Tom McKay, “This Company Could Be Named the Worst in the U.S. 3 Years in a Row. But Why Do They Suck?”, in MIC‎^[1]:

     In addition to being completely unnecessary for a single-player game and a blatant attempt to make the game unpirateable at the cost of consumers, "Always-Online" also completely screwed up Simcity's launch when the servers malfunctioned for weeks, leaving customers unable to play their own game.

   • 2016 January 12, Chad Sapieha, “Just Cause 3 is proving nearly unpirateable, and that's great”, in Financial Post‎^[2]:

     Just Cause 3 is proving nearly unpirateable, and that's great

   • 2023 August 24, Switch_Pro, “Denuvo's 'Switch Emulator Protection' Is Now Available Via Nintendo's Official Dev Portal”, in Nintendo Life‎^[3]:

     One of the reasons many companies decided to switch to online and live service games is exactly that they are unpirateable.