Rockstar Games, the developer and publisher of several popular video games, including the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series, Max Payne, and Red Dead Redemption, allegedly used cracks from Razor 1911 to bypass the digital rights management (DRM) protection on its own games sold on Steam.
A few days ago, the Youtuber Vadim M drew attention to this in an almost one-hour video describing all anti-piracy measures Rockstar uses in their games which are ironically experienced by people who actually bought the game legitimately on Steam. The video shows also how the publisher had built a crack into Manhunt and Max Payne 2 in order to circumvent the copy protection mechanisms contained in the game (starting from 46:50):
The traces of the Razor 1911 crack were also found in other games by Rockstar, including "Midnight Club II".
By publishing cracked versions of their games on Steam with activated copy protections, they are effectively telling consumers that it is okay to break the law and pirate their games. In the long term, this could damage both the company's already tarnished reputation and its relationships with players.