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Will DRM Exterminate Spore?
AC Dude writes "Will an anti-DRM flash mob that's determined to give EA's latest sim game Spore a rock bottom rating on Amazon.com sink the game, or will Spore evolve and shed the DRM? Is this the beginning of the end for DRM-laden games?
'Over the past few years we've focused a lot on the music industry and how it has attempted to use DRM to control distribution. While DRM in this market segment has been unpopular, anti-DRM campaigns have largely fallen flat when it comes to attracting widespread public attention because of the fragmented nature of music. Games are a much easier target given the monolithic nature of their release — campaigners only need to spread the word on a handful of specific online outlets to reach a wide audience. A quick read through the Amazon reviews of Spore seems to suggest that the negative comments are already putting people off from buying the game.'"
Pretty worthless 'rights management' if it prevents a legitimate customer from using it.
Many of us define DRM more accurately as "digital restrictions management".
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
For once I find myself happy a game has DRM. I was going to buy Spore, until I heard of the DRM. Once that information became available it was off my to-buy list and I forgot about it.
Then a few days ago I am informed there's a cracked version available. I decide to see if it lived up to the hype and install it. Three hours later, I delete it out of boredom.
If it hadn't been for DRM, that would've been money out the window. There can be but one conclusion. DRM really is there for my benefit.
Damn you! DRM stopped me getting a p1st fr0st here, I had to stop and enter my Slashdot authentication key due to a change in Web browser.
Can't you lot see what damage DRM is doing to the Slashdot community? Without snarky off-topic first posts this site is doomed!
I don't know about you guys, but the DRM is the most exciting part of the game I've seen so far! Find out what programs must be stopped before proceeding, navigate the legal work, avoid deadly lockdowns! They are like today's minotaur's maze -- for free!
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Wow, 3k seeds and 77k leachers... Sounds like a succesful game.
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Who the heck moderated this 'offtopic'? Will Wright?
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Your problem is obvious. You're facing the wrong way when you bend over.
Have someone step on your scrotum over and over. I've seen some videos where people like it. You just have to keep going until it gets good, just like everything in life.
That's scary.
And this time I don't feel quilty one bit.
I guess you're not a quilt then.
I'm so excited I just made water in my pantaloons!
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Ahhh ... is that an expression of thanks ... or damnation?
No, you've just it backwards. Those who worship Cthuluhu do so for the favor of being eaten *first*. That's the best blessing one can ask for when he wakens. Here, it's all explained in a Chick Tract.
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We'ave all seen this pattern before. By now, society's moral fabric is sew warped that it borders on discomforting.
Anyway, there's no sense in spinning out this thread any further until after the patch.
ok, my bad , i forgot its adults here for a moment, mea culpa, dont shoot me
(and if you do, clean up the mess...)
Man, how could you possibly forget that the folks who post on Slashdot are adults?
*looks around at the posts, drops the filter threshold...*
Erm, never mind...
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