Wizard Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Ubisoft officially dumps StarforceCiting "complaints," the publisher ends its relationship with the copyright-protection provider. Following several days of rumors, Ubisoft has officially confirmed that it will no longer use the controversial digital-rights software from Starforce. "Ubisoft has decided to use an alternative copy-protection system to Starforce for upcoming releases," said a rep for the company. The announcement means that Starforce software will not be included in Heroes of Might and Magic V, the publisher's much-anticipated forthcoming PC role-playing game. Ubisoft's decision caps weeks of controversy surrounding Starforce. In mid-March, an employee of the Russian-German-Chinese-Cypriot company was accused of posting a link to a site where users could illegally download Stardock's space sim Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. Shortly, thereafter, Aspyr Media decided to sever its relationship with Starforce and remove its software from its forthcoming game, Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars. Ubisoft's motivation for ending its agreement with Starforce was more personal. At the end of March, the company was slapped with a $5 million lawsuit by gamers who claimed that Starforce's DRM system compromised the security of their PCs. "We are currently investigating complaints about alleged problems with Starforce's software," said the Ubisoft rep. Gamespot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 That's nice of them. I've avoided buying Ubisoft stuff because of their use of Starforce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 About damn time at least one publisher came to their senses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 About damn time at least one publisher came to their senses.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes I agree. Starforce is the worst known protection.The funny thing is there protection is now being defeated and some games can have the protection removed and be copied without starforce ( Patched ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 A few other publishers dumped Starforce. An MMO that was in Beta testing god massive negative feedback for using Starforce. Due to an NDA, they didn't reveal which MMO it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Wait, a major publisher actually listened to its consumers? There is some hope for this industry yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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