The new version of Securom demonstrates just how borked it is (Mass Effect)
saraswati:
Hi!
As you'd be aware they announced the new version of Securom on the third of last month, the new version that's going to be on all EA games. Noone was happy about the fact that it was going to limit the number of times you reinstalled your pc to three installs. EA then stated tht this new version would let you reinstall on three pcs, and that you could reinstall it on the same pc as many times as you like.
This now appears to be EA's usual, colourful version of the truth. Mass Effect is the first game to get the new version of Securom, and Jfederated found a post on the Mass Effect board where a gamer made three straightforward hardware changes and then had a message pop up stating their license had expired and they needed to buy a new license. http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=635214&forum=104&sp=0#5844943
As we're all going to be subjected this for Spore and probably Sims 3, (barring the people who Arrr) I thought you'd all want to know about it..
Kath
http://securom.sublimesims.net/
floopyboo:
I just spoke to my hubby (who stupidly bought Mass Effect recently) about this. He got all snotty & said 'No, they said on the website(what you said above that they said) as of three days ago." I said "well as of three seconds ago, I have heard that this is not true" etc.
Anyway, long story short, he's done his three installs already & hasn't yet tried again, but he said that if he does get that error message he'll be calling the better business bureau & making a complaint against EA, because it is illegal under Australian law & American law to install a program on someone's computer without informing them first.
Fuck what I said about not pirating Apartment Life. I want it, I'd be willing to pay for it except that if EA is going to break the law when I'm doing the right thing by them... well all I can say about piracy is 'tough shit, stumpy, you brought it upon yourself.'
saraswati:
You should show your husband the screenshot.. EA has added a whole heap of stuff to the EULA for Mass Effect which more or less tries to indemnify them of everything short of Nuclear War. My friend read it to me, and it more or less says that if the product damages your pc, their only liability is to give you your money back for the game. We suspect the only reason why they're getting away adding Securom and putting ridiculous clauses in their EULA is because it hasn't been tested in court yet.
notovny:
That sounds like the same EULA they've been using for years, actially, and a typical software EULA. THe only thing that seems out of the ordinary from your description is your claim that they'll refund your money if the software causes damage to the computer. Most EULAs don't require the software maker to do that.
saraswati:
Calalily went through it, and she's fairly thorough with these things. She found a lot of clauses in there that hadn't been in there before.
Regardless though, the 3 activations limit is totally new though, and noone wants that. Especially if it means you pay fifty bucks and your game lasts two days.
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