Starforce Petition!

[Stinger87]

Hey guys, I was going to buy a game that had recieved some good reviews, but I decided to rent it first... good thing to, as it has StarForce 3 and it's not on your list.

It's Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2005, known in other countries as Brian Lara Cricket 2005, so yeah, another one to watch out for.

Damn StarForce! I'm right behind you guys.

Yikes! I guess you've seen the latest news regarding Starforce and Stardock..?

Stardock, maker of GalCiv2 was critizied by Starforce for not using their cp. The thread has since been locked, but this has caused quite a stirr.

Linkies:
http://forums.galciv2.com/index.aspx...aid=106741&c=1
http://www.star-force.com/forum/inde...topic=670&st=0
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1209

This one even made gamespot's PC news: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6145864.html

[Grumpy]

@midfingr
The interview, on Gamespot, with Galactic Civilations II lead designer and Stardock head Brad Wardell is very interesting. He brings up a few things that have been mentioned many times before but which have been argued about time and time again! The main point being:

Most people who pirate a software product would never have purchased it.

Now I have heard a lot of you talk about this!

Another interesting point is:

EBGames has released their top-selling PC games from last week. Galactic Civilizations II was number one. So if piracy is such a menace, it's not apparently affecting us to the degree that some say it should.

Ive always maintained that if a game is good enough people will purchase it!

I think they are on the right path with the updates idea. But the problem is, will developers/publishers start releasing unfinished games (with files purposely missing) so that you need to patch it before you play?
This in my opinion would not be a bad thing! It would sort of be like what we had to do with Halflife 2. That being we had to download files before we could play. Difference with Halflife 2 being we had to still use the CD to play until they succumbed and released the patch to allow the use of NoCD.

[Grumpy]

@HBAndrew

will be downloaded and played

May I suggest you have a read of the forum rules before you bother to post such dribble again!!

[Rayder]

UGH!!! I just got burned by buying a game that had the StarForce virus/rootkit (whatever) in it. L.A. Rush. Luckily, I checked GCW before opening it....

It's a good thing I didn't open it. If I would have opened it, I would have been stuck with it. Back to the store it goes. And when I take it back, I'll be sure to let them know that it was because of the potentially damaging protection that it contains as my reason for bringing it back.

Loss of sales +1 thanks to StarForce....and NOT piracy!

The StarForce-infested list of games NEEDS TO BE A STICKY POST so we can reference it quickly, without having to hunt down this petition thread. Could that please be added?

[Grumpy]

The StarForce-infested list of games NEEDS TO BE A STICKY POST.... Could that please be added?

I may just do that soon?

[OG61065]

I Promise the bearer not to purchase any "Software" containing StarForce Copywrite Protection and any of its nasty, underhanded, vile drivers. I personally think there may be a case against them using the "Human Rights" Convention, that states we are all entitled to privacy and choice and as far as I can see SF are breaching this by installing this software even though we have agreed to the EULA it denies the individual the choice of playing the game without the drivers being installed and therefore invades ones privacy.
Needs a lawyer to look at it!!
Leon of London.
OG61065