In some cases game makers realise the problems users get from DRM, as was the case with Oblivion, it shipped without any copy protection or need of a CD-key.
As far as SH5 goes you can beat coming from UBI it will have some form of protection. Safedisk and securom are fine by me as the usually don't cause problems besides the occasional blacklisting of daemon tools, alcohol 120 or any rom mounting software, as long as UBI stays away from that damn starforce crap.
I have a copy of Prince of Persia the two thrones which will ONLY play if I unplug my drives, completely and uderly uncalled for.
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Originally Posted by Arclight
Not a crime? Depends on how you look at it...
In some countries, there's such a thing as "fair use" (USA&UK, for example). Something generally considered as fair use is making a back-up copy of a disc for personal use. Most copy-protection prohibits you from doing so, thereby violating your rights. Yes, your rights, the very same stuff your forefathers fought so hard for to aquire.
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Fair use is defined by the following in the United States Copyright Act. You would have a very hard time proving that a backup follows under its guidlines.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections
17 U.S.C. § 106 and
17 U.S.C. § 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:
- the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
- the nature of the copyrighted work;
- the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
- the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
Copyrights can be put in public domain 70 years after the original author's death. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
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