再去挖了一些國外有關spore的資料,並稍作翻譯,有興趣的可以看看~~

SPORE的DRM讓EA纏訟
http://technologyexpert.blogspot.co...ea-lawsuit.html
36頁的訟書(PDF),個人認為宣告意味較大~~
http://www.mybloop.com/Iria/Spore_Class_Action_pdf

節錄裡面提到的
What purchasers are not told is that, included in the purchase, installation, and operation of Spore is a second, undisclosed program. The name of the second program is SecuROM, which is a form of Digital Rights Management (DRM) for computer games. Although consumers are told that the game uses access control and copy protection technology, consumers are not told that this technology is actually an entirely separate, stand-alone program which will download, install, and operate on their computers, along with the Spore download. Consumers are given no control, rights, or options over SecuROM. The program is uninstallable. Once installed, it become (sic) a permanent part of the consumer's software portfolio. Even if the consumer uninstalls Spore, and entirely deletes it from their computer, SecuROM remains a fixture in their computer unless and until the consumer completely wipes their hard drive through reformatting or replacement of the drive.

大意是說,玩家認知而安裝的,只有SPORE這套軟體,
但事實上安裝完SPORE後,第二套軟體已被悄然安裝而消費者可能渾然不知,
這套軟體名稱叫SecuROM,那是DRM對應PC GAME所使用的程式之一,
消費者雖被告知該軟體(SPORE)已使用防盜保護技術,但卻不知該技術是
一項獨立運作的程式。消費者對SecuROM這軟體沒有任何控制或選擇權,
這套軟體不能被反安裝。一旦安裝後,它將如影隨形陪伴左右,
變成你電腦中永久軟體的一部分,就算反安裝SPORE,它仍然存在,
除非格式化硬碟或重裝系統!

Nowhere in any of EA's discussions, responses or explanations of its DRM did EA disclose that the Spore disk contained a separately install, stand alone, uninstallable DRM program which would install itself to the command and control center of the computer and oversee function and operation on the computer, preventing certain user actions, preventing certain user programs from operating or disrupting hardware operations.

EA的討論區未見對此事件的回應或解釋,這套軟體會控制你的電腦並
隨時監控此電腦的運作與操作,並阻止使用者的某些行為,
以及使一些程式無法正常運作或導致硬體運作的混亂!


可能受於輿論或其他壓力,最後有釋出SecuROM反安裝檔,
因為這侵犯到電腦使用者的自主權,於理是站不住的,
誰都不想自己的電腦被凌駕作業系統層級之上的SecuROM來監控~~
(SecuROM安裝後,作業系統並不認得這套軟體,如果你有安裝任何
DRM的遊戲,在遊戲反安裝後,不要忘記SecuROM還在電腦中)

危機對SecuROM的說明
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecuROM#cite_note-12