Gaming publishers use DRM to try to stop piracy, or at least that's the argument. It might do a better job of limiting resale, but above all, it does an incredibly effective job of annoying customers.

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Plenty of people have downloaded Spore using BitTorrent, but EA doesn’t seem too concerned. Because on Earth 2, where EA is apparently based, people downloading torrents of the game doesn’t ...

With everyone playing with the recently released Spore Creature Creator, we've received a few e-mails asking what the status on the DRM is in the $10 release. After the hubbub with the originally ...

“Although consumers are told that the game uses access control and copy protection technology, consumers are not told that this technology is actually an entirely separate, stand-alone program which ...

Class action lawsuit is filed against Electronic Arts for allegedly failing to inform consumers of a copy protection program that came along with <i>Spore</i>. Jennifer Guevin was a managing editor at ...