Piracy today has become an unstoppable situation. We are so much into downloads from the internet through a BitTorrent sources that even the 5 CD pack that costs the humblest amount constitutes up to 25 percent of total downloads from the internet.

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) too has been killed by piracy.

So, in this regard, I found Rob Dyer’s views and steps quite remarkable and thought-provoking.

Rob Dyer, Vice President at Sony, has once again stood up for PSP piracy. His in-depth discussion with Gamasutra has brought out his grave concern on the matter of PSP piracy and during the same he mentioned the ways that he thinks would help in combating PSP piracy. Rob Dyer even mentioned casually that engineering support has been provided to developers by Sony so that they can prevent the piracy of their PSP games.

Rob Dyer also said that he is very excited about the stuff that Sony has in store for PSP at E3 this year. He ensured that PSP piracy will be controlled to an extent and slowed down, if not stopped completely, within the first two months.

He said that we have been helping the developers implement a code for their games so that the games have at least a shelf life of two months before it is hacked and becomes available at BitTorrent. But this is, in the current situation, a very difficult proposition seeing the kind and amount of piracy everywhere.

According to some, the code that Mr. Dyer was talking about is a way of making money. EA, THQ and SONY provide a code to unlock the online functionality of a game for which you have to pay a certain amount, may be $5, $10 or $20. But to me, Rob Dyer sounded more technical than just a money-making gimmick.

I have had experience of such anti-piracy codes earlier and trust me the buyer of the game ends up paying more than the developer at times. I hope Sony’s anti-piracy code would not affect the paying customers. It is also unclear whether the anti-PSP piracy code will be open to the public or will be revealed to the developers only behind the screen.