Spore DRM Prompts $5M Class Action Lawsuit

**MIG-31** · Sep 24, 2008, 06:11 PM

The controversy surrounding EA Maxis' PC evolution simulator Spore and its DRM continues to escalate, with studio owner and publisher Electronic Arts now facing a class action lawsuit due to the title's use of SecuROM copy protection software.
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Iria · Sep 24, 2008, 08:27 PM

Some of the information in the suit is obviously bogus ... like not being able to uninstall SecuROM at all without a reformat ... but let's face it, this whole Spore DRM thing has been a major PR mess for EA.

Erroneus · Sep 24, 2008, 08:50 PM

You can uninstall Securom offcourse, but the normal avg. user has no chance.

Anyway I could live with the max 5 install limit, but I can defiantly not live with Securom removing my dvd-burner from my system...

hohum · Sep 24, 2008, 09:18 PM

I still don't understand their reasoning for having such restrictive DRM. They claim it's to prevent piracy, yet anyone could download a warez version or cracked executable and be good to go. It just encourages people to steal it when it's more trouble to play the game if you actually buy it. DRM gone badly wrong.

BlueMak · Sep 25, 2008, 02:51 PM

I think it is stupid to go for a class action lawsuit. Just do as I do and don't buy the game.

Iria · Sep 25, 2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

I think it is stupid to go for a class action lawsuit. Just do as I do and don't buy the game.

Natch. I won't buy any game w/ SecuROM or Starforce.

Sep 24, 2008, 06:11 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Spore DRM Prompts $5M Class Action Lawsuit The controversy surrounding EA Maxis' PC evolution simulator Spore and its DRM continues to escalate, with studio owner and publisher Electronic Arts now facing a class action lawsuit due to the title's use of SecuROM copy protection software. ____________ Source: Shacknews __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Sep 24, 2008, 08:50 PM	#3
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	You can uninstall Securom offcourse, but the normal avg. user has no chance. Anyway I could live with the max 5 install limit, but I can defiantly not live with Securom removing my dvd-burner from my system... __________________

Sep 25, 2008, 02:51 PM	#5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I think it is stupid to go for a class action lawsuit. Just do as I do and don't buy the game. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Sep 24, 2008, 08:27 PM	#2
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Some of the information in the suit is obviously bogus ... like not being able to uninstall SecuROM at all without a reformat ... but let's face it, this whole Spore DRM thing has been a major PR mess for EA.

Sep 24, 2008, 09:18 PM	#4
hohum HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: UK Posts: 298 Rep Power: 0	I still don't understand their reasoning for having such restrictive DRM. They claim it's to prevent piracy, yet anyone could download a warez version or cracked executable and be good to go. It just encourages people to steal it when it's more trouble to play the game if you actually buy it. DRM gone badly wrong.