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.'"

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Re:I hadn't heard about SecuROM

[Reapman]

Apparently the mod's are having a bad case of the Mooondays. And yes mod's, this post is what you'd mod "Offtopic". Kthxbye.

Re:http://thepiratebay.org/search/Spore/0/99/0

[shnull]

umm, i live in the world and sh** so ... what is ... spore ??? jk ... it looked like a stupid game to me from the beginning i mean ... sims ? isnt that for -uh- geeks ...? oh right ... errmm ...srry =/