DRM Screws Users :: This Time it is Games


	DRM Screws Users :: This Time it is Games

The Rooster

8-26-2007 12:09 AM

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drm, bioshock, game, pirate, protection, screwed

The Rooster says:

Just another example of how DRM is totally screwing up software. This is going to bite this company hard, just like SONY felt the ire of consumers so to these guys. Fools, fools, fools!

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	The problems stem from SecuROM, a DRM infection of unconscionable proportions, brought to you by the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27349">good people of Sony</A>, again. 2KGames took the anti-user step of hurting paying customers with this malware in order to prevent piracy, but if you don't want to end up with a system filled with unremovable malformed registry keys and an uninstallable coaster, your only recourse is to pirate it.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41921">
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