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edge-online.com - 12/2/2008
EA SecuROM Suits Moving Forward
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The Internet furor over Spore's (pictured) use of digital rights management may have blown over for the most part, but the lawyers and plaintiffs who filed suit against EA for its use of SecuROM are continuing to form their cases against the megapublisher. We saw Monday that Melissa Thomas, the ...
Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008
torrentfreak.com - 12/7/2008
Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008
— torrentfreak.com — spore pirated bittorrent Traditionally, games can’t compete with the most pirated movies and TV-shows in actual download... numbers, but Spore came very close this year. Only 10 days after the game’s launch date, already half a million people had ... (more) Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008

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Hard to Steal: Rockstar Embraces DRM for PC Version of Grand Theft Auto IV
dailytech.com - 12/1/2008
Hard to Steal: Rockstar Embraces DRM for PC Version of Grand Theft Auto IV
— dailytech.com — One of the most divisive topics in the music and gaming industry is digital rights management (DRM).... DRM is the umbrella under which industry efforts to stop piracy via software protections fall. DRM schemes range in how restrictive they are, but they ... (more) Hard to Steal: Rockstar Embraces DRM for PC Version of ...

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ih8evilstuff.livejournal.com - 12/2/2008
Buyin' gaems is serios bizness.
— ih8evilstuff.livejournal.com — To:gaben@valvesoftware.com Subject:Concern about EA's involvement Dear Mr. Newell, Let me start off by thanking you for all... the work you and your company have done on your games, including Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead. I enjoy these games very ... (more) Buyin' gaems is serios bizness.

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Neoseeker News Feed:  Valve prez thinks DRM is stupid

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Valve prez thinks DRM is stupid
Neoseeker News Feed — ... Still, they are working on it and hopefully in near future there will be a DRM-free version. We would love to have it on GOG.com one day, but we will have to let it age a bit ;) I could've just assumed they were hypocritical jerks, but it's not that black and white and rarely seems to be. So in the case of Valve and Newell, again, I like to think he's being truthful. Let's just hope the changes most gamers want come sooner rather than later. In any case, gamers and lawyers alike are banding together to take back their computers , so to speak, which is good to know. How often ...

Thursday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News — ... InfoWorld reports Nvidia reiterates interest in mini-laptops Futurelooks holiday 2008 guide for traveling techie types The Java4K 2009 contest TheTechLounge's Toys for Tots raffle and fundraiser [OC]ModShop's Combat Arms game card giveaway contest Software and gaming A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-like Harvard team to copyright office: let consumers hack DRM abandonware Edge reports EA SecuROM suits moving forward The Register reports BitTorrent declares war on VoIP, gamers -- ...

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