Spore Lawsuit - OC3D Forums
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against EA over SecuROM DRM present on the Spore disk.
Thanks to WC Annihilus
25-09-08, 12:37 PM
25-09-08, 12:58 PM
Serves em right. I hope the case is successful and stops game publishers piling this crap on us in the first place
Go back to the days where games were affordable (well they arent too bad now tbh), nothing but the software and a serial (only valid serials work online or require validation) and no extra crap like install limits etc.
25-09-08, 01:51 PM
Hope EA lose. Serves them right
cant say i'd be sad to see EA loose tbh
25-09-08, 02:47 PM
I do wish software would install and be limited to putting ALL stuff associated with it within 1 folder that u designate.
It can be done, and I don`t care (in this instance) if they install secu-flop software without me know - aslong as, when I delete the folder (if I happened to need to) ALL of the stuff that came with the install goes !
Best of luck with the case, hope they have enough cash to back it up. EA-crosoft will draw it out I`m sure.
IF they needed funds, i can guarantee u users would donate to them in support.
Curiosity killed the cat but how does the game actually know that it has been installed 'X' number of times?
Is it this spyware they are installing keeping tabs or is it done during validation of the install?
Would it not be possible to stop it sending info out? or would it do a Windows and just stop working if you don't validate it?
PS hope EA lose
probably a registry key..
25-09-08, 09:20 PM
I think it's good someone has finally taken this issue forward with the threat of legal action, altho it's probably too little too late tbh.
As said in the article, so many other games already have SecuROM and there has been a lot of issues.
I think the worse game I saw with SecuROM (in terms with effecting performance) was NWN2.
I have Mass Effect but don't need the DVD to be inserted to play it?
Spore Lawsuit - OC3D Forums
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against EA over SecuROM DRM present on the Spore disk.
Thanks to WC Annihilus
25-09-08, 12:37 PM
25-09-08, 12:58 PM
Serves em right. I hope the case is successful and stops game publishers piling this crap on us in the first place
Go back to the days where games were affordable (well they arent too bad now tbh), nothing but the software and a serial (only valid serials work online or require validation) and no extra crap like install limits etc.
25-09-08, 01:51 PM
Hope EA lose. Serves them right
cant say i'd be sad to see EA loose tbh
25-09-08, 02:47 PM
I do wish software would install and be limited to putting ALL stuff associated with it within 1 folder that u designate.
It can be done, and I don`t care (in this instance) if they install secu-flop software without me know - aslong as, when I delete the folder (if I happened to need to) ALL of the stuff that came with the install goes !
Best of 
luck with the case, hope they have enough cash to back it up. EA-crosoft will draw it out I`m sure.
IF they needed funds, i can guarantee u users would donate to them in support.
Curiosity killed the cat but how does the game actually know that it has been installed 'X' number of times?
Is it this spyware they are installing keeping tabs or is it done during validation of the install?
Would it not be possible to stop it sending info out? or would it do a Windows and just stop working if you don't validate it?
PS hope EA lose
probably a registry key..
25-09-08, 09:20 PM
I think it's good someone has finally taken this issue forward with the threat of legal action, altho it's probably too little too late tbh.
As said in the article, so many other games already have SecuROM and there has been a lot of issues.
I think the worse game I saw with SecuROM (in terms with effecting performance) was NWN2.
I have Mass Effect but don't need the DVD to be inserted to play it?