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EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM

Posted by Soulskill on from the was-it-worth-the-hassle? dept.

The ever-growing unrest caused by the DRM involved with EA's launch of Spore came to a head on Monday. A woman named Melissa Thomas filed a class-action lawsuit against EA for their inclusion of the SecuROM copy-protection software with Spore. This comes after protests of the game's DRM ranged from a bombardment of poor Amazon reviews to in-game designs decrying EA and its policies. Some of those policies were eased, but EA has also threatened to ban players for even discussing SecuROM on their forums. The court documents (PDF) allege: "What purchasers are not told is that, included in the purchase, installation, and operation of Spore is a second, undisclosed program. The name of the second program is SecuROM ... Consumers are given no control, rights, or options over SecuROM. ... Electronic Arts intentionally did not disclose to any such purchasers that the Spore game disk also possessed a second, hidden program which secretly installed to the command and control center of the computer."

5 of 538 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Command and Control Center? by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be the Battle Bridge, just go up Turbolift-14, all the way to the top. Can't miss it.

  2. Re:simply boycott them by ivan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Don't trust anyone under 25" - Everybody over 25 ;)

  3. Re:simply boycott them by Sj0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Trust anyone who is 25" -25 year olds

    --
    It's been a long time.
  4. I'm so torn! by alisson · · Score: 5, Funny

    My loathing of DRM software is clashing horribly with my abhorrence of class-action lawsuits! What ever shall I do??

    I guess I'll go play Spore until I decide.

  5. Re:simply boycott them by EvilXenu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't trust anyone under 25" - Sauron