Want to get rid of this? Talk to Trading Standards!
Yup. It's funny how these DRM restricted games don't mention on the boxes or advertising that one is limited to 3 activations. A user can be reasonbly expected to buy a boxed game and install it as often as they want, provided there is only one instance of the install and that they are still the legal owner of the DvDs/CDs.
What they are doing is mis-representing the merchantable quality of the goods as defined in the 1979 Sale of Goods Act.
Fine, let the idiots put DRM on their games to make them less valuable than the pirated versions. But at least make sure that they acknowledge on the packaging and advertising (both theirs and the online shops) that the media is limited to only 3 Activations.
After all how is one to tell the difference between a game that can be installed for as long as the disk holds out and a game that only gives you three activations? Especially as this directly affects the value of the product.
See you in court EA....
Biting the hand that feeds IT
