Electronic Arts in Troubled Waters
Controversy hits again the the world's leading independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment and games softw, namely Electronics Arts (EA). Currently, the company is facing lawsuits related to its debated SecuROM DRM software and the way the latter is operating. The complaints claim that the SecuROM installs itself automatically into the system, without a prior permission, something which is totally wrongful. As much as this surprises us, the matter doesn’t end here, on the contrary, it gets worse – the application doesn’t completely un-install and presents users with the option to format their systems only. Gamepolitics.com quotes from the suit:
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 control what does and what does not get loaded onto their computers, and how their computers shall be used…
[SecuROM] cannot be completely uninstalled. Once installed it becomes a permanent part of the consumer’s software portfolio…
EA’s EULA for Spore Creature Creator Free Trial Edition makes utterly no mention of any Technical Protection Measures, DRM technology, or SecuROM whatsoever.
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