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by Nick Breckon, Sep 15, 2008 8:16pm PDTConsumers upset over the anti-piracy measures imposed on Maxis' Spore by publisher Electronic Arts are now fighting back using the game's creature creator.
Several DRM-themed, anti-EA creatures were found in the Sporepedia by GameCulture. Many make reference to Spore's use of SecuROM technology, which limits users from installing the game more than three times before having to contact Electronic Arts for further installs.
Last week, the Spore product page on Amazon.com was flooded with hundreds of negative reviews of the game, nearly all citing the title's install-limiting DRM.
In response, Electronic Arts downplayed the controversy by stating that fewer than 25 percent of users will ever install the game on more than one machine, with less than 1 percent installing on more than three computers.
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They are well within their bounds to protect their own material.
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The online functionality is, if anything, an argument against the install-based nonsense. A Spore account is tied to a unique CD key. No CD key, no Spore account, no uploading and auto-downloading content, no need to use obnoxious install-based copy protection that only inhibits legitimate users.
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