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Official 'Spore' de-authorization tool released

article published on 21 December, 2008

Electronic Arts, the publisher behind the most pirated game of 2008, Spore, has now released a De-Authorization Tool which it hopes will help quell some of the anger consumers have felt over the game's crippling SecuROM DRM. The site says: "By running the de-deauthorization tool, a machine "slot" will be freed up on the online Product Authorization server and can then be re-used by another machine. ... [ read the full article ]

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DXR88
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_ 		21. December 2008 @ 23:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thats why i love Steam. you can download most games from steam with no DRM and backup all the game files of the game downloaded threw steam on to a dvd. then you have a game with no drm.
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Leningrad
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_ 		22. December 2008 @ 16:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by DXR88:
 thats why i love Steam. you can download most games from steam with no DRM and backup all the game files of the game downloaded threw steam on to a dvd. then you have a game with no drm.
steam is good? dude i know this your opinion but you got to be shitting me. Once bought the orange box, and it was a nightmare activating it.
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Frogfart
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_ 		22. December 2008 @ 18:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Today I was looking for a few last Christmas presents and then I seen a cheap copy of Spore. But then I remembered how bad the DRM was so I never bought it. But tonight I read that EA have slightly reduced the crippling effect of their DRM and I still won't buy it. TO LATE AND TOO LITTLE. (The price was £19.99)
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martin280
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_ 		22. December 2008 @ 21:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well that's kind of a step in the right direction.
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ZippyDSM
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_ 		23. December 2008 @ 01:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why is this not released with the game?
They can track the frequency of activations rather easily so bad keys are canned regardless of de activation being available for legit users to use....
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avoidz
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_ 		23. December 2008 @ 19:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Damage control. But the damage is done.
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