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Sims 2 Blocked by CD Copying Software

Posted by Zonk on from the sims-or-cds dept.

bairy writes "EA says The Sims 2 will refuse to run if you have Nero, CloneCD or Roxio's EasyCD installed on the same PC. Although they link to a patch to bypass this, a lot of people are upset by this."

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  1. Well that does it by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I wasn't going to buy the game before, and now that I hear this I have decided not to buy the game, yet one more time.

    --
    No weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men.-Ronald Reagan
  2. Hmm by zeno_2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have the nero suite installed on my machine.
    I have Daemon-tools installed on my machine.

    Sims2 runs just fine =)

  3. Future [Laugh-Tracks] measures: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Yeah! We all get a laugh, but we shouldn't have the expectation that our actions don't have an undesirable consequence. We practically encourage piracy around here, and when companies put protection around the product we get all indignant as though we were physically being beaten[2]. Gee I can't imagine how you guys will react when someone breaks into your house and takes stuff[1]. Maybe help the thief load up the getaway vehicle?

    [1} Just watch someone miss the point here. Hint: It's about the feelings crimminal acts generate. You wouldn't like it, why should they?

    [2] This is were the "it's my property argument shows up. Point noted. However encoraging crimminal actions do have a consequence, and that consequence isn't going to discrimminate between guilty and innocent. It can't. The only thing that can is if people stop encouraging piracy, and discourage others from doing so (Hmmm...I believe this is called...self discipline, and social pressure, respectively[3]). Positive actions have positive rewards. Negative actions don't (Karma).

    [3] Something our society lacks all around.