EA has been SUED 5 TIMES MERRY CHRISTMAS EA MUHAHA ARR!

[Vicci]

This is great news. Now everyone can get involved and complain and hopefully something can be done. I've never bought a SecuROM game, plus I don't live in America so I can't sign up but it's good for other people.

[Paden]

I think the sooner people get their stuff to the lawyers, the better they're going to be. Pardon me if I've missed something, it's been a busy few days, what with the hubs having dental surgery in preparation for dentures, but is the open to ALL users of EA Games, or just those of us here in the US? If it's for all users, I know one little lady that's had to reformat a couple of times and she has the bills from the tech to prove it!

[Craftingmomma]

I believe it is for US only right now.

[Saraswati]

seeing as the US is their major market this is not necessarily a big detriment..  if they succeed in making it increasingly difficult for EA to use Securom, we all benefit.

Ubi didn't get this much pressure before they dumped Starforce.. From what 13th hour was saying, they were THREATENING a lawsuit when Ubi pulled it's head in.

[Paden]

Yeah, but their CEO doesn't have the ego that the asshole at EA does...

[SoggyFox]

US is their major market, never guess it with how it seems everyone gets previews before us.  But yes, if its made uncomfortable for them here, and badly enough, they'll hopefully get the clue.

And Ubi isn't nearly as big as EA is, really.

[Saraswati]

I hope John Riccitello becomes a pariah on the corporate landscape when EA are hopefully eventually forced to give him the arse.

And I know this is to do with the stock market crash, but this still gives me a warm, rosy glow.. their share price has dropped forty-something percent this year..

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ERTS

[Paden]

You're pure ebil sometimes, you know that, don't cha woman?

[Requip]

their share price has dropped forty-something percent this year..

  How can they look at that and NOT see a direct link to SecuROM? DOH....

[SoggyFox]

Easy - all video game sales are down, because people just don't have the spare money, what with the economy going to hell.  And the thing is, at least a part of their loses aren't securom.

[Paden]

Plus the thing is, if you are going to spend what extra money you have on a video game, you sure the hell aren't going to want to get something that fucks up your computer or has only a limited use. I mean, what happens if you can't pay your internet bill and you can no longer log in online so the game can phone home? You're fucked. People want games that they can play without hassle from Big Brother trying to control their freedom of what all they do on their computer. If I want to burn off picture files, document files or flv files, it's none of their damn business. I paid for my hardware, I paid for my software, I own it. Unlike with EA; even though you give them the money, they still think they own it.

[Astonished lemons]

Could you imagine if the entire economy worked the way EA/TSR seems to think it does?

'Excuse me maam, but we wanted to check on that bread you bought the other week."
"Um, I ate it. . . '
"Oh! Im afraid thats against out policy, youre going to have to pay a fine. If you dont pay the fine Im afraid you'll have to go to court on March the first-"
"WHAT?! I Bought the bread!"
"I know maam, but its still ours."

[Saraswati]

You're pure ebil sometimes, you know that, don't cha woman?

I know I really shouldn't get a rosy glow from it because some poor bugger will likely lose his job for this before Riccitello..but, damn...

[Nightmare]

I believe it is for US only right now.

Negative. Is GlobalClass Action Lawsuit. So anyone can join: Aussieland, EU, etc... 

Time to   those once for all

[Saraswati]

I think where they've probably gotten that impression is because when you go to the website, the available areas you can select are only the US..

The other lawsuit, the Spore one, that's definately global..