I would return the game to wherever I purchased it and ask for a replacement since the product is defective. I would open the package at the store to make sure I had a copy with the correct number of characters in the serial key. If the second copy was also defective I would continue to go through all the copies they had in the store until I either had a valid license key or until they ran out of copies. At that point I would then ask for my money back since all copies in the store are defective and I don't want the product at this point. The store should be able to return to EA for a full refund since they did ship faulty mechandise.
From the linked article:
Msource, told TNN: "It is an unfortunate thing to happen. However, the arrested people are not on our rolls now."
I think that Msource should try and make sure that they are hiring trustworthy people. I know that here in the states that they do background investigations on people that handle sensitive information. Is this done in India as well? Apparently not.
I also find Msources' attitude on the matter somewhat cavalier. "The perpetrators no longer work for us so it is not our problem" is how I read the quote from Msource above. Maybe as more incidents like this occur overseas US companies will finally realize that you simply can't send your most important data to the lowest bidder.
Reading through this thread the phrase, "There is no bread, then let them eat cake", comes to mind. Why would engineers who worked hard to learn their trade be willing for minimum wage?
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I would return the game to wherever I purchased it and ask for a replacement since the product is defective. I would open the package at the store to make sure I had a copy with the correct number of characters in the serial key. If the second copy was also defective I would continue to go through all the copies they had in the store until I either had a valid license key or until they ran out of copies. At that point I would then ask for my money back since all copies in the store are defective and I don't want the product at this point. The store should be able to return to EA for a full refund since they did ship faulty mechandise.
From the linked article: Msource, told TNN: "It is an unfortunate thing to happen. However, the arrested people are not on our rolls now." I think that Msource should try and make sure that they are hiring trustworthy people. I know that here in the states that they do background investigations on people that handle sensitive information. Is this done in India as well? Apparently not. I also find Msources' attitude on the matter somewhat cavalier. "The perpetrators no longer work for us so it is not our problem" is how I read the quote from Msource above. Maybe as more incidents like this occur overseas US companies will finally realize that you simply can't send your most important data to the lowest bidder.
Reading through this thread the phrase, "There is no bread, then let them eat cake", comes to mind. Why would engineers who worked hard to learn their trade be willing for minimum wage?