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EA Releases Tool to Deauthorize SecurROM'd Games

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Good news for Digital Rights Management fans, and particularly for those who take masochistic pleasure in filling their machines with SecuROM-protected titles. Electronic Arts, the company who caused an internet uproar over its custom SecuROM implementation on Spore, has released a SecuROM de-authorization tool.

"Certain EA PC games with SecuROM digital rights management technology allow users to concurrently 'authorize' up to five computers at the same time to play the games, EA states. "Users can then play the game on any authorized computer they choose. If your EA PC game was released after May 2008 and has a machine authorization limit, you can now manage your computer authorizations using EA De-Authorization Tools!"

The De-Authorization Management Tool scans your PC to automatically detect games released after May 2008 with machine authorization limits. You can then download the game-specific de-authorization tool(s) to de-authorize your PC and free up a slot. Alternately, you can skip the scanning and jump straight to the appropriate tool if you already know which games are eligible (see list here).

Thoughts on EA's new tool? Hit the jump and sound off.

Image Credit: EA

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avatarHit the cripple...d company

 Wouldn't it have sucked if EA had merged with BLizzard? And not Activision? They could have run over 3/4 the worlds machines by botting them!

 

 

OMGWTFBBQ

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avatarEA still sucks horribly. 

EA still sucks horribly.  I'll be glad when they finally die off.

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avatarRegardless of DRM or not,

Regardless of DRM or not, since EA implemented SecuROM, I've avoided their games like the plague save for Need for Speed Undercover. Not that I pirate games very often (only older out of circualtion ones when nostalgia hits), seeing as I own most of mine. it's just the fact that SecuROM crippled my machine and fried my optical drive...

- mike_art03a
IT Technician
Gov't of Canada

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avatarGOG.com and Steam!

Did anyone notice that GOG.com now has 100 games?  WITH NO DRM AT ALL!  Yes, they are older titles (I think the newest ones are about two years old), but there are some absolutely timeless classics.  $5.99 or $10.99 each is incredibly reasonable as well.  It is nice to actually OWN something that I purchase....

Steam is probably #2 on my list, if only because I am not always online with my laptop.

Between these two, I shall probably never purchase another boxed game again.

-- An armed man is a free man. --

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avataryou know steam does have a

you know steam does have a ofline mode...

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avatarToo Little Too Late

I'll say it again too little too late. May 2008 was a whole year ago thats a long time and a lot of agrivation to install and uninstall on new, restored, or changed hardware.

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avatarBetter late than never. 

Better late than never. 

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avatarYou are a dick.

You are a dick.

I think I'll keep pirating your mom.  

 

(This is a reply to the guy who said he is pirating EA anyway) 

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avatarsure go ahead, install

sure go ahead, install cripping "DRM that destroys your DVD drive and can't be removed even by uninstalling the game. I much prefer to have my computer work then give EA $50 for the 'privilage' of installing their malware.

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avatarNo thank you

i dont want Securu-Trojen on my computer PERIOD

 

sorry EA i'll keep pirating your games. 

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avatarWoah, woah, woah... EA...

Woah, woah, woah... EA... not some cool as gaming company like Steam... EA... EA????

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