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galaga Nice! Now if only more folks bought the games instead of pirated them... the irony.... -
humano "She accuses EA of engaging in "unfair business practices" as well as conduct that is "immoral, unethical, oppressive [and] unscrupulous..."
Yep, The Empire's right back at it. I hear EA's trying to get Darth Vader as their CEO.
EA Hit with Two New Anti-DRM Class Action Suits [Lawsuit]
Kotaku —
... of the DRM and the problems only by reformatting her PC. She accuses EA of engaging in "unfair business practices" as well as conduct that is "immoral, unethical, oppressive [and] unscrupulous ..." No, we have not contacted EA for comment. I'm sure they'd either say they haven't read the suit and can't comment on it, or they have and don't comment on pending litigation. Either way, it's out there. Someone's accusing EA of bad business practices in more than just a Reddit thread. New Class-Action Suits Target EA, SecuROM, The Sims ...
Electronic Arts Hit With Two More DRM Lawsuits
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
... over Spore’s SecuROM DRM (digital rights management or copy protection), but it appears that in October the company was served with two other lawsuits. According to GamePolitics , in the first case, Richard Eldridge from Pennsylvania, alleges that the Spore Creature Creator Free Trial Edition installed SecuROM on his PC. SecuROM is a pain, no matter what, and the lawsuit ( ...
Two more Electronic Arts DRM lawsuits filed
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
... , that lawsuit has just been joined by two more. Two separate lawsuits have been filed over SecuROM’s use in EA games—the free trial of the Spore Creature Creator, and The Sims 2: Bon Voyage. ...
EA Facing New Anti-DRM Lawsuits
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
... that a Maryland resident, Melissa Thomas, filed a suit against EA for keeping the installation of SecuROM a "secret", Gamepolitics reports that two similar lawsuits were filed against EA in October. Pennsylvania resident Richard Eldridge claims that the free trial edition of Spore Creature Creator had installed SecuROM on his PC without his knowledge or permission. The suit argues that "the inclusion of undisclosed, secretly installed DRM protection measures with a program that was freely distributed constitutes a major violation of computer owners' absolute right to ...
EA Sued Repeatedly Over DRM
Techdirt —
... filed against EA for its use of SecuROM DRM on the game Spore, but it appears that others are getting in on the act as well. GamePolitics has news of two more class action lawsuits filed against EA over its DRM choices. At some point, you have to wonder if this is just people piling on and hoping to win a cash settlement out of EA -- but again it does demonstrate how short-sighted the DRM decision was on the part of EA. ...
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TechBlog —
... - Want to control your home PC from anywhere on the Net? Try these tools for Windows & Mac OS X machines. • New Class-Action Suits Target EA, SecuROM, The Sims & Spore Creature Creator • ...
Electronic Arts Hit With More Anti-DRM Lawsuits (ERTS)
Silicon Alley Insider —
We all know how much gaming geeks hate the DRM measures built into Electronic Arts' (ERTS) "Spore." But credit them this: at least a few of them are doing more about it than complaining on the Internet and launching ineffectual campaigns on Amazon (AMZN). Two new class-action lawsuits have been filed against EA over the copy protection locks, with another one already in the works.
At issue: Whether EA should have given notice its DRM solution -- called "SecuROM" -- gets installed automatically, even with the trial version of Spore, and whether the ...
Two lawsuits against EA, one might have merit
CrunchGear —
... , and now they’re being sued all over the place. There are a lot of hackles raised by SecuROM’s secondary effects, like disabling certain drives or legitimate software. A commenter pointed out ...
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