I don't think it's actually possible for Ubi to do that, they probably did have an agreement with Starforce to SHIII. If they
really wanted to do it, they might have, but to be honest - I doubt it will happen.
Besides, I doubt Ubi wants to have
NO copy protection, whether or not they dumped starforce. And since Starforce is the only protection in SHIII, I doubt they'd be keen to remove it.
In other words, the only Starforce removals for SHIII are, *ahem*