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Ubisoft And Starforce Parting Ways?
Ars Technica posts about the possibility of Ubisoft ditching StarForce in the wake of some very bad PR for the copy-protection company. From the article: "'To return from there good on an important subject, that of Starforce, here information which should interest you: it was decided that protection anti-copy used on the very new Ubisoft plays would not be the Starforce software...Yes, that relates to Heroes as well!' The translation may not be pretty, but the news is. Starforce should be considered malware if you ask me, and treated accordingly. If this really does mean Ubisoft is going to stop using it on their new releases we can all do a little dance of joy."
...out in pain!
Yay for Ubisoft. Getting rid of that horrid copy-protection scheme and the most annoying of all slashdot trolls, in one shot.
Not only that, but any moment now I'll be able to grab the torrent right off the starforce website! Score one for us, indeed!
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
So does this mean you will be able to obtain a new copy of an earlier game without Starforce?