[Dante]

Ok, recently, I bought Spore, and I was throughly enjoying it.

Then, big suprise, my computer crashed (from a securtiy update that caused my computer to think it hadnt been activated)

So, I did a repair installation. This entails just about every piece of software has to be reinstalled, otherwise it may be unstable.

Imagine my shock, my horror! when Spore told me I wasnt allowed to install it.

So, it seems like it's a one use DRM policy.

Now, i'm not for IP theft, but I am seriously considering calling upon BitTorrent to help me resolve this; I spent �40 on software I cant bloody use!)

[Freddy]

Cab't you contact support ?  They probably have had that happen to other people too.  Just a thought...

[Maviarab]

Must be an error with your system....did you make sure all registry entries were removed before reinstalling?

Spore/EA has a 3 time installation protection on this game, so if was only your second installation there should not have been any issues.


And YES...this is a major problem and issue, when a pirate can distribute this game, allowed to share content online and bypass the copy protection...why are we paying good money out

This has annoyed me too, as on average I reformat my drive every 6-8 months, so next year I need to contact EA just to get a new reg code?

Annoying, ridiculous, uneeded and will push more people to piracy...

When will these idiots learn?

[Dante]

Agreed, you cant stop people pirating a game, or anything else; other companies have seen this and quite a few have put their content online, free of charge (this is what drove TV to be online, South Park is entirely online for free, for instance)

Personally, I dont agree with theft because I respect the person I would be buying from to keep true to his word, but when you have something like this? �50 on software that will lock itself down and that i've got to waste time trying to play it when I should be enjoying it?