Pissing off many gamers, Rockstar has revealed that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV will make use of the oft-criticized SecuROM copy protection. However, some controversial features, such as install limits, won’t be utilized.
“SecuROM is the most effective form of disc based copy protection and allows us to manage authenticity on a global [...]

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The DRM saga continues, as Electronic Arts has been slapped with two more lawsuits related to its use of SecuROM DRM technology, this time in relation to The Sims 2 Bon Voyage and Spore Creature Creator.
One Richard Eldridge of Pennsylvania is suing the publisher over undisclosed installation of the DRM software after installing a [...]

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The ugly controversy over Spore’s DRM has had people talking, and Will Wright, the game’s creator, is finally one of them. Kotaku asked what he thought about the whole situation:
It was something I probably should have tuned into more. It was a corporate decision to go with DRM on Spore. They had a plan [...]

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Keeping on the DRM path, the Far Cry 2 forums notes that the game will come with DRM, with a subsequent post by a Ubi forum manager confirming the use of SecuROM DRM indicated on the French Ubisoft shop.
The DRM will allow five activations on 3 separate computers. Interestingly, uninstalling the game “refunds” an activation [...]

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DRM is something that everybody hates. And that includes EA chief John Riccitiello.
"I personally don’t like DRM,” he said. “It interrupts the user experience. We would like to get around that. But there is this problem called piracy out there.”
Expressing his opinion that he recent Spore DRM outcry was blown out of proportion by [...]

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The gaming industry sure loves its DRM, unlike that of the recent trend in the music industry. CD Projekt’s Good Old Games digital distribution service, which is set to sell retro games without any form of DRM, is having a tough time convincing publishers to join the platform.
"We’re trying to convince [publishers] there is [...]

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Out of all the consoles, the PlayStation 3 has dealt with hard drives the best. Ironically, while there should be less need to make room for content on a PS3, the DRM makes it financially “inconvenient” if someone wants to manage their movies. Apparently, content bought from the Sony Video Store can be stored on [...]

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Keeping in line with its other titles, EA has included the same DRM with Crysis Warhead that was built-in with Spore, disallowing the user to install on no more than three computers.
Additionally, the company’s EULA for the game states that “CRYTEK reserves the right to periodically validate your license through subsequent online authentication.”
So, it’s [...]

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EA seems to be drawing a lot of flak on the install limit posed on Spore customers as part of their anti-piracy measures. Users have taken up arms, criticizing the company through its own game, creating DRM-themed, anti-EA creatures found in the Sporepedia.
These creatures make reference to the game’s use of SecuROM technology, which [...]

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While DRM may be on its way to extinction when it comes to music, it is having a fun time on PC gamers. EA’s upcoming life simulation game Spore was said to have a controversial copy protection scheme that would have gamers activate their game once every ten days; while it has been scaled [...]

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