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CDV Drops StarForce

by Chris Remo, May 26, 2006 3:00pm PDT

Related Topics – Ubisoft, Games: PC

Following last month's news that Ubisoft would be dropping the highly controversial StarForce piracy protection software, it looks like others StarForce clients are reconsidering their positions as well. This week, strategy-oriented developer CDV announced that it too is dropping StarForce, opting to transition over to the lesser known (but also less notorious) TAGES copy protection software.

"We believe that TAGES will provide a sensible balance between protecting CDV's intellectual property rights against piracy, while at the same time minimizing the restrictions experienced by legitimate owners of our products," explained CDV's Chief Technology Officer, Teut Weidemann.

As reasoning for the move, CDV cited, quite simply, "consumer demand."

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<BarneyGumble>Go back to Russia!</BarneyGumble>

May 26, 2006 3:41pm PDT

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  [founders of starforce] Gentlemen. To Evil. [/founders of starforce] : deadfish
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Good stuff. Just read some of the comments on their own forums and it's amazing how unprofessional these guys are. I suspect they'll be finished within 2 years proving that this kind of heavy handed method doesn't work for long.

http://www.star-force.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=576

May 28, 2006 10:08am PDT

Good stuff. Just read some of the comments on their own forums and it's amazing how unprofessional these ... : astrofunk

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If, by consumer demand, StarForce gets knocked out from the market, this would be one nice victory for consumers. People often say complaining on forums doesn't do shit, but in this case I bet it has. I think part of what made Ubisoft step away from it was that in comments to news announcing the release of a demo, nobody talked about the demo, but rather about how awful StarForce was.

I can only hope more companies follows suit and that other copy protection companies make sure they don't go down the same path as StarForce.

May 26, 2006 5:25pm PDT

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If, by consumer demand, StarForce gets knocked out from the market, this would be one nice victory for co... : SilverSnake
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A victory for starforce is a victory for communism.

May 27, 2006 5:17am PDT

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When are they going to learn that this kind of software doesn't DO anything....

People who want to buy it, will...
Those who dont, just d/l via torrent...

May 27, 2006 7:24am PDT

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- eh... some people really don't know how to get around protection. Which is fine, Starforce, while the har... : f1kt1t1ous

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I've got starforce on my system now because of GT legends, but no problems here luckily. I'm glad because while it's no rally game, it's still pretty fun. I eagarly await the next Mobil 1 or equivalent rally game to come. The sport really deserves more love.

May 26, 2006 7:21pm PDT

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By: gerbilclaw x Show Full Post

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I was feeling miserable until i read that headline. Yay!
As a money paying gamer, I have never felt so shafted as when that SF crap ended up on my PC. Heres hoping they are going to bite the big green banana of painful business death.

May 27, 2006 2:56am PDT

I was feeling miserable until i read that headline. Yay! As a money paying gamer, I have never felt so s... : gerbilclaw

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Now, everybody start harassing Namco. I'm still nervous about my precious Hellgate London.

May 26, 2006 6:34pm PDT

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Now, everybody start harassing Namco. I'm still nervous about my precious Hellgate London. : jet-poop
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- Namco uses this garbage, too? I really don't want to have to avoid the new Warhammer... : Syixxs

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By: Frosty3D x Show Full Post

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It's about time.

May 26, 2006 7:15pm PDT

It's about time. : Frosty3D

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CDV has enough problems with the shovelware they continually foist onto consumers

May 26, 2006 5:08pm PDT

CDV has enough problems with the shovelware they continually foist onto consumers : cell9song

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By: schnitz76 x Show Full Post

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Maybe I'm a bit cynical but case-by-case basis does not nessessarly mean dropping starforce.

May 26, 2006 4:16pm PDT

Maybe I'm a bit cynical but case-by-case basis does not nessessarly mean dropping starforce. : schnitz76

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By: theflux x Show Full Post

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Awesome! I wonder what chance there is of removing it from the games that already have it from CDV.

May 26, 2006 4:15pm PDT

Awesome! I wonder what chance there is of removing it from the games that already have it from CDV. : theflux

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By: SuperKW x Show Full Post

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Nice. Heh, "consumer demand."

May 26, 2006 3:51pm PDT

Nice. Heh, "consumer demand." : SuperKW

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By: wytefang x Show Full Post

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Sweet, we can only hope that this 'movement' grows and continues until StarForce dies an ugly, ugly business death.

May 26, 2006 3:40pm PDT

Sweet, we can only hope that this 'movement' grows and continues until StarForce dies an ugly, ugly busin... : wytefang

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By: zehh x Show Full Post

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Never heard of TAGES, but I definitely can dig "minimizing the restrictions experienced by legitimate owners of our products". Even though I never bought a CDV game.

In other news, StarForce accuses CDV of being ran by the pirate mafia, alleges ties with Hugo Chavez. News at 11.

May 26, 2006 3:27pm PDT

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- Then posts torrent links to all of CDV's games. : mathyou

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Suck it StarForce. Suck it hard and long!

May 26, 2006 3:13pm PDT

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Thanks christ. Let's finally see Starforce die

May 26, 2006 3:22pm PDT

Thanks christ. Let's finally see Starforce die : j33uk

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By: nandu666 x Show Full Post

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thank you!

May 26, 2006 3:22pm PDT

thank you! : nandu666

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By: voodoochildtm x Show Full Post

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Straight answers out of a company? Who would've known.

May 26, 2006 3:22pm PDT

Straight answers out of a company? Who would've known. : voodoochildtm

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By: qtseng x Show Full Post

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"consumer demand"

Hehe, damn right.

May 26, 2006 3:19pm PDT

"consumer demand" Hehe, damn right. : qtseng