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	==Digital Rights Management==		==Digital Rights Management==
	Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM\|'''SecuROM DRM''']],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Masnick \|first=Mike \|date=8 May 2008 \|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/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126093837/https://www.techdirt.com/2008/05/08/ea-to-use-controversial-internet-required-drm-on-new-games/ \|archive-date=26 Nov 2022 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=techdirt}}</ref> requiring people to have an internet connection at all times despite Spore being a largely single-player experience.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Heater \|first=Brian \|date=5 Sep 2009 \|title=Spore \|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428132051/https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|archive-date=28 Apr 2024 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=PCMag}}</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 BitTorrent to illegally download the game. Spore is 2008's most pirated game with a recorded 500,000+ downloads on BitTorrent, though this number is estimated to have risen to be in the millions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Van der Sar \|first=Ernesto \|date=13 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM \|url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/ \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~QChNp~~ \|archive-date=~~26 Jul 2020~~ \|access-date=12 Aug 2008 \|website=torrentfreak.com}}</ref>		Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM\|'''SecuROM DRM''']],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Masnick \|first=Mike \|date=8 May 2008 \|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/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126093837/https://www.techdirt.com/2008/05/08/ea-to-use-controversial-internet-required-drm-on-new-games/ \|archive-date=26 Nov 2022 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=techdirt}}</ref> requiring people to have an internet connection at all times despite Spore being a largely single-player experience.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Heater \|first=Brian \|date=5 Sep 2009 \|title=Spore \|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428132051/https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|archive-date=28 Apr 2024 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=PCMag}}</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 BitTorrent to illegally download the game. Spore is 2008's most pirated game with a recorded 500,000+ downloads on BitTorrent, though this number is estimated to have risen to be in the millions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Van der Sar \|first=Ernesto \|date=13 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM \|url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251115002522/https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/ \|archive-date=15 Nov 2025\|access-date=12 Aug 2008 \|website=torrentfreak.com}}</ref>

	==Lawsuit==		==Lawsuit==

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	==Digital Rights Management==		==Digital Rights Management==
	Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM\|'''SecuROM DRM''']],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Masnick \|first=Mike \|date=8 May 2008 \|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/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=techdirt}}</ref> requiring people to have an internet connection at all times despite Spore being a largely single-player experience.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Heater \|first=Brian \|date=5 Sep 2009 \|title=Spore \|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=PCMag}}</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 BitTorrent to illegally download the game. Spore is 2008's most pirated game with a recorded 500,000+ downloads on BitTorrent, though this number is estimated to have risen to be in the millions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Van der Sar \|first=Ernesto \|date=13 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM \|url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2008 \|website=torrentfreak.com}}</ref>		Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM\|'''SecuROM DRM''']],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Masnick \|first=Mike \|date=8 May 2008 \|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/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126093837/https://www.techdirt.com/2008/05/08/ea-to-use-controversial-internet-required-drm-on-new-games/ \|archive-date=26 Nov 2022 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=techdirt}}</ref> requiring people to have an internet connection at all times despite Spore being a largely single-player experience.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Heater \|first=Brian \|date=5 Sep 2009 \|title=Spore \|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428132051/https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|archive-date=28 Apr 2024 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=PCMag}}</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 BitTorrent to illegally download the game. Spore is 2008's most pirated game with a recorded 500,000+ downloads on BitTorrent, though this number is estimated to have risen to be in the millions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Van der Sar \|first=Ernesto \|date=13 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM \|url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/ \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/QChNp \|archive-date=26 Jul 2020 \|access-date=12 Aug 2008 \|website=torrentfreak.com}}</ref>

	==Lawsuit==		==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=14 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore And The Great DRM Backlash \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/14/spore-and-the-great-drm-backlash/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=TechCrunch}}</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=25 Sep 2008 \|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 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>		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=14 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore And The Great DRM Backlash \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/14/spore-and-the-great-drm-backlash/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915041620/https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/14/spore-and-the-great-drm-backlash/ \|archive-date=15 Sep 2008 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=TechCrunch}}</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=25 Sep 2008 \|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 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905214249/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/technology-blog/story/2008-09-25/spore-securom-copy-protection-system-draws-lawsuit \|archive-date=5 Sep 2022 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Spore]]		[[Category:Spore]]

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	{{StubNotice}}{{ProductCargo\|Company=EA\|ReleaseYear=2008\|Category=Video Games\|InProduction=No\|Website=https://www.spore.com/\|Logo=Spore_Game_Cover.jpg}}		{{StubNotice}}{{ProductCargo\|Company=EA\|ReleaseYear=2008\|Category=Video Games\|InProduction=No\|Website=https://www.spore.com/\|Logo=Spore_Game_Cover.jpg}}
	[[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]].		[[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==		==Digital Rights Management==
	Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM\|'''SecuROM DRM''']],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Masnick \|first=Mike \|date=8 May 2008 \|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/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=techdirt}}</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=5 Sep 2009 \|title=Spore \|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=PCMag}}</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=13 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM \|url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2008 \|website=torrentfreak.com}}</ref>		Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM\|'''SecuROM DRM''']],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Masnick \|first=Mike \|date=8 May 2008 \|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/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=techdirt}}</ref> requiring people to have an internet connection at all times despite Spore being a largely single-player experience.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Heater \|first=Brian \|date=5 Sep 2009 \|title=Spore \|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=PCMag}}</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 BitTorrent to illegally download the game. Spore is 2008's most pirated game with a recorded 500,000+ downloads on BitTorrent, though this number is estimated to have risen to be in the millions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Van der Sar \|first=Ernesto \|date=13 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM \|url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2008 \|website=torrentfreak.com}}</ref>

	==Lawsuit==		==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=14 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore And The Great DRM Backlash \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/14/spore-and-the-great-drm-backlash/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=TechCrunch}}</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=25 Sep 2008 \|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 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>		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=14 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore And The Great DRM Backlash \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/14/spore-and-the-great-drm-backlash/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=TechCrunch}}</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=25 Sep 2008 \|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 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	<references />		<references />
	[[Category:Spore]]		[[Category:Spore]]

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	{{StubNotice}}		{{StubNotice}}{{ProductCargo\|Company=EA\|ReleaseYear=2008\|Category=Video Games\|InProduction=No\|Website=https://www.spore.com/\|Logo=Spore_Game_Cover.jpg}}
			[[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]].
	[[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==		==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>		Spore released on PC with an always-online [[SecuROM\|'''SecuROM DRM''']],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Masnick \|first=Mike \|date=8 May 2008 \|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/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=techdirt}}</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=5 Sep 2009 \|title=Spore \|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games/6700/spore \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=PCMag}}</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=13 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM \|url=https://torrentfreak.com/spore-most-pirated-game-ever-thanks-to-drm-080913/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2008 \|website=torrentfreak.com}}</ref>

	==Lawsuit==		==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>		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=14 Sep 2008 \|title=Spore And The Great DRM Backlash \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/14/spore-and-the-great-drm-backlash/ \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=TechCrunch}}</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=25 Sep 2008 \|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 \|access-date=12 Aug 2025 \|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	<references />		<references />
			[[Category:Spore]]

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	==Lawsuit==		==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>		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>

	==References==		==References==
	<references />		<references />

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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==
<references />