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

[Paden]

He's not worth doing time over, sorry. He'll get his, karma has a way of biting people in the ass just when they're riding high. We customers will make sure of that.

[Requip]

It would be a very poor business decision for EA to pull out of the PC market if this suit proceeds. Therefore, it is very likely.

I´m not so sure, EA has widely invested on Securom, if they have to drop it and with additional fees to users they may end with HUGE debts. If they don´t want to face bankrupt, they must provide a reliable way of paying it, and I don´t think no bank will give them credits if they plan to abandon PC gaming....

guys, some additional news (found by CraigDolphin on the Prism) it looks like there's going to be a MassEffect lawsuit rolling into the original Spore lawsuit..

and it has been confirmed, the second lawsuit at this stage only covers the US (the first lawsuit is worldwide).. I've had it confirmed by Writin Reg who's in phone contact with the lawyers.

I think you have had a bit of chaos there lady.

Girard Gibbs lawfirm wants to make an investigation to Spore which will be US only.

Kamber Edelson lawfirm, the one who started the Global lawsuit, will start another global one in Mass Effect.

There are some of the best peeps of the web like 13thHouR and Sblade who are helping them. and rumours are heard about they maybe present at court

Done: http://reclaimyourgame.com/   
Two class actions filed, more to come. 

[Saraswati]

guys, some additional news (found by CraigDolphin on the Prism) it looks like there's going to be a MassEffect lawsuit rolling into the original Spore lawsuit..

and it has been confirmed, the second lawsuit at this stage only covers the US (the first lawsuit is worldwide).. I've had it confirmed by Writin Reg who's in phone contact with the lawyers.

I think you have had a bit of chaos there lady.

Girard Gibbs lawfirm wants to make an investigation to Spore which will be US only.

Kamber Edelson lawfirm, the one who started the Global lawsuit, will start another global one in Mass Effect.

Nightmare, what chaos? What you said was exactly what I said, just restated. You sound like you were reading half the thread and taking the information out of context.

Girard Gibbs lawsuit potentially involves all games but only in the US, Kamber Edelson's original lawsuit covers spore but worldwide. Kamber Edelson are NOW involved in a third lawsuit, filed after Girard Gibbs announced their investigation which covers Mass Effect.

And Craig has it all broken down on the front page of RYG, which Requip has just linked.

[Zazazu]

Three? Three? I can barely contain my glee!

[Sherry]

I know!  For awhile there I thought I would only have my illegal copies of the securom invested TS2 games and thousands of negative amazon comments to cheer me up.  Lawsuits are great though! 

[Nightmare]

Hey! Like the new title EA?   

Next one: TSR

[calalily]

I like it! 

[SoggyFox]

Okay - in the debating about whether Humble or J.R. is responsible for EA using securom, I poked around some more.  Humble had been working on the Sims since 2004.  More or less when Sims2 came out.

This is from the wiki on EA, concerning when J.R. started.

In February 2007, Probst stepped down from the CEO job while remaining on the Board of Directors. His handpicked successor is John Riccitiello, who had worked at EA for several years previously, departed for a while, and then returned.[citation needed] Riccitiello previously worked for Elevation Partners, Sara Lee and Pepsico.

Dates for BV release:

Windows:
NA September 4, 2007
EU September 7, 2007
Mac OS X:
December 17, 2007

[Vicci]

  Hahahaha. 3 lawsuits. Hahahahaha.

[Saraswati]

lovin' the new title, Nightmare..

[Craftingmomma]

Hey! Like the new title EA?   

Next one: TSR

Lol Nightmare you rock.  Keep on the bastards.

[Requip]

Question for those who were involved from the beginning? Does anyone remember WHEN the original "removal tool" that SecuROM support/Sony DADC provided to EA & that EA posted on the BBS for us to use was? I can't remember when they posted that first removal tool. (that didn't work)
The ones they have posted now are 5MB! 

http://thesims2.ea.com/help/detail.php?help_id=341

I know the first one wasn't that big.  Were any of you around then? 

[Paden]

I was around, but never used the first removal tool. Once I got the stuff off of my computer that I was so desperate to save, I tried to hunt through and slash it all out. Didn't work, just bitched it up worse, so wound up having to reformat the damn thing. Those were in the days before the removal tutes like Dita has at RYG...

[Requip]

Thanks, Paden. Just trying to get a fix on some of the dates. 

[Nightmare]

None of these tools works for Spore or Mass Effect, so EA bastards  are still doomed to in court.