Ubisoft beefs up copyprotection, and it sucks

[maddmax]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: maddmax
Electronic Arts has done the same with Need for Speed Underground 2.

No they ddint...
I bought it and run on a 12X DVD-R burner
with Alchohol 120% running..
boots like a champ...

In an effort to clarify my comments, Need for Speed Underground 2 does indeed check for virtual drive and/or drive imaging software. It gives me a virtual drive software error every time I attempt to start it. I recently un-installed all drive imaging software on my rig and I still get the same error. I think it's related to Norton Ghost either marking the drive as usable by Ghost or a registry entry that is not removed during the un-install process. I did not intend to say it checks for burning hardware as it works fine on my son's rig which has never had Ghost, Daemon tools, or any other drive imaging software installed on it.

 

[tribbles]

I was extremely skeptical when I first began reading this thread. After a little more reading, I'm appalled.

I do not buy (or play -- there are no warez on my system) EA games for reasons that would become obvious if you researched the company. It looks like I will be boycotting UbiSoft as well. Digital rights protection schemes like these will only alienate potential buyers like me who also use their computers to get real work done. This is why I will not use any WMA-based online music service, and I will only buy music on iTunes as long as JHymn continues to successfully break the FairPlay DRM system. If I buy the product, no company is going to tell me how to use it -- or in the case of DRM-encrypted music how many times I can burn it or listen to it. They have their money, and fair use laws say that for personal use, I can do as I see fit.

It is scary just how bad this problem has become over the last couple of years. This is about a lot more than piracy (if it's really about piracy at all) -- it's about companies dictating how you can use the media that you have purchased. And now they are trying to use the digital nature of New Media to circumvent fair use laws, because those laws haven't "caught up" with the digital marketplace.

I suspect that the Supreme Court will be dealing with more than a few DRM-related cases in the upcoming years.

And as for you, UbiSoft: Hasta la vista.

 

[clickynext]

Originally posted by: maddmax
Electronic Arts has done the same with Need for Speed Underground 2.

Seems to play fine for me with both a CD-RW and DVD+-RW...

Anyway as other people have said, all that will happen is a crack will come out and remove this added security "feature".

EDIT: Sorry maddmax, didn't see your last post, but I actually have Alcohol on my computer, which I havn't used for a while, and NFSU2 runs properly.

 

[blurredvision]

I haven't read this entire thread, so excuse me if what I'm about to say has been said again. If this is true (and what a stupid move it'd be), I'm sure EA is kicking themselves in the rear for buying Ubisoft stock.

 

[maddmax]

I should just let Electronic Arts explain it. Link

 

[FleshLight]

Originally posted by: clickynext

Originally posted by: maddmax
Electronic Arts has done the same with Need for Speed Underground 2.

Seems to play fine for me with both a CD-RW and DVD+-RW...

Anyway as other people have said, all that will happen is a crack will come out and remove this added security "feature".

EDIT: Sorry maddmax, didn't see your last post, but I actually have Alcohol on my computer, which I havn't used for a while, and NFSU2 runs properly.

Plays fine for me too. I have 120%, Daemon, Nero, quickpar, and a whole bunch of other stuff.