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"Wolfing" <wolfing1@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Sep 8, 4:26 pm, CoinSpin <coin^spam^s...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> WDS wrote:
>> > On Sep 8, 2:17 pm, Wolfing <wolfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> The whole point is that DRM does *nothing* to stop pirating. The DRM-
>> >> less cracked game was available 4!! days before it was released in
>> >> North America. So those who pirated the game were and still are
>> >> playing the game not caring about how many computers they install it
>> >> on, or if they can safely upgrade their video card or hard drive
>> >> without the game thinking this is a new installation.
>>
>> > DRM is like locks on your house. It won't keep out a pro or something
>> > who REALLY wants in but it will dissuade the casual thief.
>>
>> The only difference being you aren't only given 3 keys to your house and
>> told "this is all you get." And every time you enter your house one of
>> the keys breaks... heh
>>
>> CoinSpin
>
> And also, one thing is the standard copy protection, that will do what
> he said... dissuade the casual thief, but Spore's DRM is really bad
> for the consumer. I personally applaud and hope that the Amazon scores
> news (that by now it's pretty much everywhere, I saw it in my yahoo
> news page) gets to EA's ears.

Can't we report EA to trading standards in the Uk? After all I'm sure 
neither the advertising on Amazon nor the box mention anywhere that one only 
has a maximum of three installs (across hardware), surely this is a 
misrepresentation of the contents of the box.

RobP