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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."

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  1. Shamless Self-Promotion by ewhac · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Anyone want to bid on my InTrade market?

    Schwab

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  2. Re:simply boycott them by nschubach · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is WAY off Topic, so just ignore me:

    As a lingering Metallica fan who enjoyed some of the music post black album, their new songs are like A.D.D. Rock. They don't flow right often switching beat mid song, they are mixed all wrong (drums too loud, vocals as well) ... I can't stand to listen to it anymore. I've ventured into Progressive Metal|Rock in order to get my fix of heavy rifts, deep vocals and sound.

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  3. Re:simply boycott them by Walkingshark · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What is this progressive metal/rock you speak of? I am intrigued.

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  4. Re:simply boycott them by Stormwatch · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock

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  5. Re:simply boycott them by cibyr · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin fit into the category, but some less well-known examples are:

    That should be enough to get you started :)

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  6. Re:simply boycott them by tompaulco · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Also:
    Emerson, Lake and Palmer
    Yes
    Richard Wakeman
    I'd dare say even Alan Parsons Project.

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