With the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan still full of uncertainities,
Bioware decided to partially step back from their "smarter and cooler"
activation scheme: only one activation will be required (when you install
the game) followed by one online check everytime you download additional
content.

http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=629059&forum=125&sp=0#5774350

On 13 mei, 08:06, "Vincenzo Beretta" hotmail.com> wrote:

Oh, great, instead of the plague, we get cholera.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

In article ,
reckall@hotmail.com says...

Thank heavens! They're saving us from the terrible scourge of having
the CD in the drive!

On May 13, 11:25 am, Giftzwerg NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com>
wrote:

It gets better (because it always does): you get 3 installs of this
game on different hardware. And unlike Distant Guns, there is no
retrieval of your install.
Install and you've just lost 1/3 of your allocation.

On 13 mei, 12:43, von Schmidt mail.com> wrote:

Yup. The first thing I thought of was: well, why don't let the costumer
*choose*? You have to put the DVD in the drive, but, lacking that, and
*only* lacking that (you forgot the DVD home, the cat ate it etc.), you have
the backup opportunity of an (unlimited) online check.

Some "solutions" only underline the problem, really. I wonder if the time
needed to see the crack online will be measured in hours or days: "smart"
schemes motivate pirates like nothing else.

On May 13, 4:17 am, "eddyster...@hotmail.com"
hotmail.com> wrote:

On 13 Maio, 12:17, "eddyster...@hotmail.com" hotmail.com>
wrote:

In article <528ba132-85b1-4de4-865f-
6a7fabaf9d5d@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
Paulo.Alexandre.Vicente@gmail.com says...

That and, as one colleague of mine put it, a Big SH representative shouldn't
come to a panel about piracy, bemoan from dawn 'tilt dusk about the damage
done by piracy, people losing their jobs, prices going up, at then leave -
ON HIS PERSONAL HELICOPTER.