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DRM Killing Me Slowly

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
by FoxSpellCaster

I am very pissed off with a lot of other gamers about DRM. To the point it is starting to kill my Spore experience. Just over this weekend I couldn’t play Spore cause it “NEEDED INTERNET CONNECTION” for some bizarre reason. Sadly I go and buy another EA game at the end of the month, but I have to tell you I have no fear of stealing games from EA anymore cause paying for this crap is not worth it.

Over at Techdirt they have a fun little article on DRM with a rather poetic quote.

Money can’t buy you love, but love can bring you money. In software the only sustainable way to earn money is by first creating love, and then hoping that some folks want to demonstrate that love with their dollars….

I put my money in love, and DRM is clearly hate.

Techdirt: Who Said DRM Is Necessary For Video Games? Not According To These Execs…

EA Finally Being Sued Over Spore

Friday, September 26th, 2008
by FoxSpellCaster

Here is the court filled pdf

I can pretend to read the entire document. Though that would be boring, so I will just copy and past quotes from another article I’ll link at the end.

“…Nowhere in any of EA’s discussions, responses or explanations of its DRM did EA disclose that the Spore disk contained a separately-installed, stand-alone, uninstallable DRM program…”

The plaintiff and class seek damages in the amount of monies paid for Spore games, legal fees and other damages that in total amount to over $5 million.

EA is accused of violating the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, unfair competition and interfering with property.

$5 million may sound like a lot but when we are talking about legal action of this scale it isn’t much at all. Think of all those people suffering from DRM issues, this is just a drop in the pond for the suffering.

DRM Lands Spore in Court | Edge Online