http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/ 2008-12-21T03:57:34+01:00 http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/ http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-12-04T10:32:44+01:00 jmathias http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/doku.php/publishers:publishers?rev=1228383164&do=diff List of publishers EA Games with Acceptable DRM Games with Unacceptable DRM * BioShock * Spore * Mass Effect * Farcry 3 * Dead Space * Grand Theft Auto IV * Mirror's Edge Positech Positech does not use DRM for any of their games. In fact, the developer performed a poll, asking people to tell him what their reasons for pirating his games were. What he got back is fairly interesting, and the result is here. That also made him go back on his plans to start DRMifying his games. S… text/html 2008-12-04T10:19:08+01:00 jmathias http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/doku.php/games:spore?rev=1228382348&do=diff Spore DRM Consists of 2 “products”. The actual game, and the creature creator, which is the “demo”. Uses SecuROM, which means ring0 driver, online activation when you install the game and when you fetch online content, and an install limit of 3-5 different machines, depending on which copy you've got. If you bought the first batch, the limit is 3 machines, if it's the second it's 5 machines. text/html 2008-12-04T09:38:07+01:00 jmathias http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/doku.php/games:galactic_civilization_ii?rev=1228379887&do=diff Galactic Civilization II This game was released in April 2008, and is a space-based strategy game. The game has absolutely no DRM in it, the only thing legal users get which pirates do not, is access to updates. Yet, despite this, it has sold well over 500k copies so far. text/html 2008-12-04T09:27:08+01:00 jmathias http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/doku.php/games:dead_space?rev=1228379228&do=diff Dead Space uses SecuROM, with the exact same type as Spore and Mass Effect, i.e. ring0 driver, online authentication and limited amount of installs. text/html 2008-12-04T08:25:38+01:00 jmathias http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/doku.php/start?rev=1228375538&do=diff This page isn't going to replace <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management> as a source of information on DRM as a whole. It is going to focus squarely on game-related DRM for use in the blog on <http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/> DRM Systems text/html 2008-12-04T08:21:08+01:00 jmathias http://invasive_drm.mindriot.as/wiki/doku.php/drm_systems:drm_systems?rev=1228375268&do=diff The following copy protection/DRM systems are the most prevalent systems in use in gaming today (in no particular order). * SecuROM * SafeDisc * StarForce * Tages