 Copy Protection gone crazy |
| Robert |
 05/07/08 9:00am
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Major  Group: Not The One & Only Posts: 650 Joined: September 29th 2007 Member No.: 4677  |
As Draconian as Microsoft has becomes with their software licencing and validation, you ain't seen nothing yet.
A game coming out later this month called "Mass Effect" will require the program to be validated every 10 days or it will stop working. This isn't just for Online Multi-player, the single player will also require the game to go online and re-validate itself every 10 days. If you don't allow the game to call home at least once every ten days, the game stops working. I hope other companies don't follow suit. I can see a several different ways something like this could be abused. BTW I'm willing to bet, because of this it will be one of the most pirated games of the year. One question EA games has yet to answer is what happens when they eventually shut down the validation servers.There is a chance your legitimately bought game will become a toaster. Similar to what will happen to music bought off MSN Entertainment and Video Services. After August 31, they will no longer support retrieval of license keys. So if you transfer your music when you buy a new computer or install Vista, you will no longer be able to play music you legally bought from them. |
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| Robert |
05/07/08 11:35am
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Major Group: Not The One & Only Posts: 650 Joined: September 29th 2007 Member No.: 4677 |
If you go beyonf the 10 days it stops working until you allow the game to contact their validation servers.
So if you didn't play the game for 2 weeks, you couldn't play again until you let it call home. No Clue about your Signature, I have my options setup not to view them. What's strange is it doesn't work even if you veiw it directly http://www.mobclan.com/sigs/Cross.swf It shows the anaimation but no sound. Does it work for anyone? Maybe some kind of conflict between SWF an the new flash player? |
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Robert Copy Protection gone crazy 05/07/08 9:00am
UNDEAD 1 bad. :( 05/07/08 10:44am Cross of Iron I really dont think they have thought this trough.... 05/07/08 10:58am Shred That sig has music?
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