Re: Amazon.com users hate "Spore" DRM

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From: Loren Pechtel
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:27

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On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:39:26 +0100, Andrew <spamtrap@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:49:00 -0600 (MDT), DC
><nobody@pseudo.borked.net> wrote:
>
>>"Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever, Thanks to DRM" - 
>>http://atu.ca/675
>
>Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever, by a bunch of thieves pretending they
>are on a moral crusade.
>
>No wonder PC gaming is dying.

No.  Get too offensive about the DRM and people will pirate rather
than put up with it.

Spore isn't going to do nearly as well as they expected because it's
simply not up to the hype.  They will of course blame piracy but
that's not the real cause.

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From: Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel@hotmail.invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Amazon.com users hate "Spore" DRM
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