Electronic Arts Sued Over Spore DRM
Posted by Gwyddia on September 25, 2008A class action suit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The Complaint alleges violations of the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act and the California Unfair Competition Law as well as alleging tortious trespass to property.
The suit is directed against EA’s use of the SecuROM Digital Rights Management technology. This technology allows users a set number of installs from their disc, no matter how many systems they own or use. Plaintiffs describe SecuROM as “a second, undisclosed program” that “hijacks” computers. They contend that consumers are not properly warned about the program’s existence when they purchase Spore, stating that SecuROM is “secretly installed to the command and control center of the computer (Ring 0, or the Kernel), and surreptitiously operated, overseeing function and operation on the computer, preventing the computer from operating under certain circumstances and/or disrupting hardware operations.”
Plaintiffs seek the remedies of disgorgement of profits and damages for trespass in an amount exceeding $5M.
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[...] EA has been sued in federal court over their use of SecuROM. You can check out my article about it at GamesLaw.net. [...]
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