DRM - When you push too hard ...

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.. this is what you get

SPORE - The DRM-protected PC game is the most pirated PC game of 2008 !!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7772962.stm

There was me thinking DRM was some sort of super-sophisticated un-crackable copy protection ??

I have to laugh at EA spending so much money on protection methods which do nothing more than get peoples backs up
It seems, if you are willing to be a law-abiding citizen who abides by every single piece of legislation ever put in place (shorter description being a 'Sheep') then you will be punished and made to jump through hoops .. because of all the bad criminals

The criminals on the other hand have games and programs which seem to be running great without stuffing up the PC, telling the user they have the wrong disc, invalid license issues, limited installs, or activation processes which they need to faff around with

DRM 0 - CRIMINALS 1

I love games which just "get on the job" of entertaining you and have NO problem paying for them
The one's which treat me as a potential criminal (GTA 4: PC) I simply steer clear of and will not purchase