EA Hit with Class Action Lawsuit over Spore DRM
…a class action lawsuit has been filed against Electronic Arts in federal court, which alleges the company defrauds its customers by not disclosing the installation of SecuROM copy protection as part of Spore’s installation.
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“Consumers are given no control, rights or options over SecuROM,” the complaint continues. “The program is uninstallable. Once installed, it becomes a permanent part of the consumer’s software portfolio. Even if the consumer uninstalls Spore and entirely deletes it from their computer, SecuROM remains a fixture in their computer unless and until the consumer completely wipes their hard drive through reformatting or replacement of the drive.”
I wonder if I can join the lawsuit? I only use my windows image for playing spore, so probably don’t care that the copy protection software is not removable. I am more bothered that I can only install Spore 3 times (ever), as I will likely delete windows (hard disk failure?) and then later decide I want to play spore again (at least I have with all other good games - Quake II, StarCraft, Diabo II, etc)
Isn’t SecuROM the same software that Sony had problems with? Or am I getting confused. Sony lost their lawsuit (though it was DRM on a music CD), so I wonder how much chance EA has…
The prospective widening of Australia’s censorship laws to crackdown on material that advocates terrorism has alarmed civil society groups.
“The proposed changes raise fundamental problems by infringing on the right to free speech,” says Stephen Blanks, secretary of the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL).
A close friend ofmy parents is quoted in the article too!
Alex Byrne, president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), argues that the changes amount to a censoring of ideas. “They’re censoring political views which they believe may incite terrorism. In doing that they’re censoring views that they see as inimical to good order. That is political censorship,” he says.Byrne says that the current classification code is adequate and has produced good results. “Expanding the ambit, to what are in fact political issues, fundamentally changes the (classification code) regime and it’s a very dangerous step for us to take,” he argues.
MEDIA-AUSTRALIA: Tightening ‘Anti-Terrorism’ Censorship
If you thought the new UK RFID passports are secure, then you need to see the following article which says otherwise: Cracked it! - Guardian Unlimited
Suffice to say, I will be carrying mine in a foil wallet when I get it!
Following from my previous post about Mozilla Firefox and Debian, there has been a very thorough and good blog post about the whole thing. Facts about Debian and Mozilla® Firefox® explains the whole problem very clearly.
Definetely worth a read!
Schneier has a wonderful link to FixAVote.com - election consultants
He questions whether it is a hoax or not, but it is hard to say…
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