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No maron, CoH had Securom protection that wouldn't allow you to run your legally purchased copy if you had any drive emulation software installed.

really? i thought i downloaded that and it had none...well anyways some popular game had none and sold well...can't remember...u see, i'm a recovering reeferhead...

oblivion. read up

scared? wrote:really? i thought i downloaded that and it had none...well anyways some popular game had none and sold well...can't remember...u see, i'm a recovering reeferhead...

Fuck, nm, I read your post as "CoD", not CoH. I ar a maron...SELF CRUSHED.

ah yes...it was coh...i win...

Dave wrote:I think calling the DRM client this thing installs a "rootkit" is a bit sensationalist. No matter how retarded the notion, the licensor of the software should have the right to ensure their license is being properly adhered to through a manner other than good faith trust as long as it's disclosed in an EULA. I guess all of those SMS clients I deploy to unknowing/unsuspecting users are rootkits too.

If consumers don't agree with the license, they should avoid the software and maybe the publisher will get a clue next time...

I don't know the details of this particular copy protection (whether it's really a rootkit or not), and that seems to be the important question here.

Because you're right - game companies should have the ability to make sure their stuff isn't getting pirated, if they choose to try that. But a rootkit is a different beast. Even if you buried something in the EULA saying that you agree to install a copy protection feature, a rootkit does (or at least can do) irreversible action on a normal user's PC, requiring them to pay somebody to get it back to its original state.

So if this thing really is a rootkit, then I'd say it's a real issue; otherwise, probably not so much.

BTW tho -- surely you realize your SMS software deployments are just a touch different than this situation, right?

lol...game companies can't stop their stuff from getting pirated...u sum kind of moron?...

R00k wrote:BTW tho -- surely you realize your SMS software deployments are just a touch different than this situation, right?

tooshay

remove the drm

http://www.gamingbob.com/2007/08/23/bio ... ding-demo/

*REFERENCES TO ROOTKIT HAVE BEEN REMOVED, FURTHER INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED A MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE THE SECUROM SERVICE

lol, bloggers

scared? wrote:well anyways some popular game had none and sold well...can't remember...

doom 3 didn't like virtual drives

seremtan wrote:

scared? wrote:well anyways some popular game had none and sold well...can't remember...

doom 3 didn't like virtual drives

He said "popular" game

Oh dear.

mojon wrote:

seremtan wrote:doom 3 didn't like virtual drives

He said "popular" game

good point