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Article #82683Re: Amazon.com users hate "Spore" DRM
From: MindFever
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:18
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:18
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"Brian Adams" <ba@none.cnn> wrote in message news:o8lil4p391pppnch23pionq22faksl00jd@4ax.com... > On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:38:51 -0700, Loren Pechtel > <lorenpechtel@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:27:35 -0400, David Alex Lamb >><dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> wrote: >> >>>Magnate wrote: >>>> I've resisted the temptation to join this thread so far, but I just >>>> have to >>>> say that that's the best explanation for why DRM is a bad thing that >>>> I've >>>> ever seen. >>> >>>I guess it's an application of the basic idea that an officer should >>>never issue an order he knows won't be obeyed, and a legislature should >>>be wary about passing laws they know are going to be largely ignored. >> >>Agreed. DRM just encourages hostility towards the game makers and >>thus encourages piracy. > > > > Yes from what I have read is that SPORE is now the most pirated Game out. > > > Plus the other problem the DRM would not be Valid here in NZ, I often > have > to reinstall XP a few times, I play with stacks of software and some > Beta's, > our Retail laws stated that it must be fit for the purpose it was made for > so > restricting the reinstalls to 5 as I think it would be illegal here. > > that's old news...
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.astraweb.com!border1.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed-hp3.netcologne.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!news.tu-darmstadt.de!news.belwue.de!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!kanja.arnes.si!news-hub.siol.net!news.siol.net!not-for-mail From: "MindFever" <MindFever@blowme.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <94b9b5835db6b616cfdd9f7dd549cf0b@pseudo.borked.net> <714e7c984757793edd58d3ef3e172def@pseudo.borked.net> <lefqc4pau5ma0brcsf175v8goikv7a8q45@4ax.com> <C-qdnUy61LBl3VDVnZ2dnUVZ8tPinZ2d@bt.com> <f5czk.33492$S64.23577@newsfe09.ams2> <7_WdneDvH_GZ9VDVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com> <D_Xzk.75$Hw.68@read1.cgocable.net> <7277q5-qk1.ln1@news.terminalarrogance.com> <IScAk.229$Rv.26@read2.cgocable.net> <vQfBk.25791$PK.11492@newsfe04.iad> <o8lil4p391pppnch23pionq22faksl00jd@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Amazon.com users hate "Spore" DRM Lines: 40 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V12.0.1606 Message-ID: <R4q6l.10969$x84.346564@news.siol.net> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:18:57 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 89.143.200.90 X-Complaints-To: abuse@siol.net X-Trace: news.siol.net 1230646705 89.143.200.90 (Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:18:25 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:18:25 MET Organization: Slovenija OnLine - SiOL Bytes: 2930 X-Original-Lines: 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit