Spore (game)

2025-08-12T05:25:00Z

Milky: Added activation restrictions source

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[[wikipedia:Spore_(2008_video_game)|Spore]] is a life simulation real-time strategy god game developed by Maxis and published by [[Electronic Arts]] in 2008 for [[Microsoft]] [[wikipedia:Microsoft_Windows|Windows]] And [[wikipedia:MacOS|Mac OS X]].

==Digital Rights Management==
Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM]] DRM<ref>{{Cite news |last=Masnick |first=Mike |title=EA To Use Controversial Internet-Required DRM On New Games |url=https://www.techdirt.com/2008/05/08/ea-to-use-controversial-internet-required-drm-on-new-games/}}</ref>, Requiring people have an internet connection at all times despite Spore being a largely single-player experience.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heater |first=Brian |date=2008-09-05 |title=Spore |url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore}}</ref>While this modified DRM was implemented to prevent piracy, it had the opposite effect as hundreds of thousands flocked to peer to peer torrenting sites like Bittorent to illegally download the game. Spore Is 2008's most pirated game with a recorded 500,000+ downloads on Bittorent, though this number is estimated to have risen to be in the millions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van der Sar |first=Ernesto |date=2008-09-13 |title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM |url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/}}</ref>

==Lawsuit==
Three days after EA apologized for Spore's DRM Controversy and increased the game's installation activation restrictions from 3 computers to 5,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schonfeld |first=Erick |date=2008-09-14 |title=Spore And The Great DRM Backlash |url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/14/spore-and-the-great-drm-backlash/}}</ref> A lawsuit would be brought against the company for quietly installing the SecuROM DRM onto the computers of anyone who had installed Spore without their explicit knowledge and without an easy removal process. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Milian |first=Mark |date=2008-09-25 |title=Spore SecuROM copy protection system draws lawsuit |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/technology-blog/story/2008-09-25/spore-securom-copy-protection-system-draws-lawsuit}}</ref>

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Spore (game)

2025-08-12T05:18:07Z

Milky: Page created for Spore (game)

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[[wikipedia:Spore_(2008_video_game)|Spore]] is a life simulation real-time strategy god game developed by Maxis and published by [[Electronic Arts]] in 2008 for [[Microsoft]] [[wikipedia:Microsoft_Windows|Windows]] And [[wikipedia:MacOS|Mac OS X]].

==Digital Rights Management==
Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM]] DRM<ref>{{Cite news |last=Masnick |first=Mike |title=EA To Use Controversial Internet-Required DRM On New Games |url=https://www.techdirt.com/2008/05/08/ea-to-use-controversial-internet-required-drm-on-new-games/}}</ref>, Requiring people have an internet connection at all times despite Spore being a largely single-player experience.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heater |first=Brian |date=2008-09-05 |title=Spore |url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore}}</ref>While this modified DRM was implemented to prevent piracy, it had the opposite effect as hundreds of thousands flocked to peer to peer torrenting sites like Bittorent to illegally download the game. Spore Is 2008's most pirated game with a recorded 500,000+ downloads on Bittorent, though this number is estimated to have risen to be in the millions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van der Sar |first=Ernesto |date=2008-09-13 |title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM |url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/}}</ref>

==Lawsuit==
Three days after EA apologized for Spore's DRM Controversy and increased the game's installation activation restrictions from 3 computers to 5, A lawsuit would be brought against the company for quietly installing the SecuROM DRM onto the computers of anyone who had installed Spore without their explicit knowledge and without an easy removal process. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Milian |first=Mark |date=2008-09-25 |title=Spore SecuROM copy protection system draws lawsuit |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/technology-blog/story/2008-09-25/spore-securom-copy-protection-system-draws-lawsuit}}</ref>

==References==
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