I assumed "user generated content" referred to the rather robust mod community.
Steam's authentication system isn't fabulous but given that it rose from the spiraling disaster of Securom, hardware dongles, "must have CD in drive, oops scratch", and other messes ... there are more onerous solutions.
Yeah, I'd love licensing schemes like I had in the 1980s for professional environments. Anyone who can come up with a scheme that gives users freedom while improving the odds software companies get paid for usage ... that bloke will make a lot of money.
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