Need help with a weird situation.

Ok, I know this might not be the best place to post about this, but I don't really know where else to turn. The topic is kind of shady, but this forum is pretty relaxed, and the people here are helpful so I thought I'd come here.

Right now, I have Mass Effect installed on my laptop, but it's a cracked copy with DRM removed. I do, however, have a legitimate copy of Mass Effect that I got before I knew about the DRM, but I never installed it on my 7811, which is now my primary gaming machine. But today, I heard about a new DLC coming from Bioware, and you can't get the DLC unless you have a legitimate copy. I want to play it on my 7811, as my other computer has a 8500 gt, which can barely run it, but I don't want the DRM to be running all the time. Does anybody know of a way to install a legitimate copy of Mass Effect (or Spore, as I hear it uses the same DRM), but then get rid of the DRM without uninstalling the game altogether? I know it's a weird question, but I figure that nobody buys a P series to surf the web, and somebody here might know.

 

Personally I would not purchase such a game. When you do the software manufacturers feel all the limitiations, including DRM, are accepted by the consumer. the best way to protest is just not to spend your money, hurt them in the pocket and they'll change their tone quickly.

so by playing and or purchasing the game you promote exactly what you have disabled. So now to the choice, do you like the game so much you are willing to accept and promote DRM?

 

Well, I already purchased the game, so that's really not the issue anymore. I don't know if I would buy it again. It all depends on if I can find a way to stop the DRM from draining my resources. I think it's SecuRom specifically. Does anybody have experience with it? I mean, I don't really care if developers use it, as long as I can find a way around it.

 

Wow, that is a statement! If you don't care if they use it they will find ever ending ways to be sure it is enforced........................

 

No, I think SecuRom is on it's way out. They're already cutting back, and I bet more companies start to follow Valve's model, where they offer the games at great prices and don't have DRM. I don't understand how it works exactly, but you can't argue with the facts. Even though Valve's games sell so well, none of them are on the top 10 most pirated games list, which is populated largely by games that use DRM (Spore is at the top).

But somebody sent me a link to a DRM removal tool. They asked me not to identify them though, which I understand. On most forums, even mentioning this kind of thing can get you in trouble.

 

Including this forum! Pirated software, even when you own the original, is taboo. I either pay for what I use or find legal freeware. I will not purchase software with DRM or other such preventatives. I don't even like anual licensing. This however is a personal choice............

I definately would not purchase a software that needed to be pirated to work to my standards. Not only is it illegal it is just immoral and for the lack of a better word just hypocritical. There is no way I would, with full knowledge, support something that was so distastefull................