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Spore DRM Controversy Spawns Protest Creatures
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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Right now there is no accountability, there is only an EULA that gives the developer and publisher carte blanche, except for whatever federal and state laws forbid. I don't feel like going into law, so I want to see some accountability and some goodwill. Just saying "we might disable activations in the future" isn't enough.
I still don't trust 2K about having released Bioshock from activations; for all I know they could shut down the activation server and effectively block anyone from installing the game fresh from DVD. I seek proof!
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