Harrington pushed for stricter authentication measures after discovering how young players were more than willing to pirate their games.

Harrington has a somewhat contentious relationship with Valve’s origin story.

Now, the businesswoman has shared some juicy behind-the-scenes facts about Valve and Steam during a recentGDC video session.

Steam’s DRM was inspired by an exec’s nephew and his trusty CD burner

The 19-year-old was just happy that he could “share” games with his friends.

“Mike thinks that we were going to do it anyway.

However, publishers are more than willing to use the highly invasive protection to maximizeearning potentialof newer game releases.