King Kong game demo has copy protection

**radio667** · 10-25-2005, 10:10 PM

http://www.penny-arcade.com/index.php#braying

Angel_Mapper · 10-25-2005, 10:13 PM

wtf, a DEMO???? I find it ironic that people who pirate software don't have to deal with this bullplop.

SkaarjMaster · 10-26-2005, 07:00 AM

Well, if they don't want people to try out their game and get a sneak preview, then don't release a f-ing demo! WTF!

.....oh yeh, and the link doesn't seem to go to the correct page.

**radio667** · 10-26-2005, 03:32 PM

Oops - Thank You , SkaarjMaster !!!

Got the UPdate right here

from metafilter.com ........... Ubisoft's demo of the new King Kong PC game comes with a lovely surprise: StarForce copy protection software. Starforce installs a device driver with no warning, , and many users have complained that it causes system instability. It also appears totally contrary to the idea of allowing users to copy the demo between one another (effectively robbing Ubisoft of free advertising). As with any form of copy protection it appears StarForce is simply an annoyance to the casual user, while the dedicated pirates are well on their way to cracking it.

Dark JaXx · 10-26-2005, 03:39 PM

wtf...

OMG...they stole my demo!! Oh no! Now, we can't release the game at all!!

**Spiffness** · 10-26-2005, 03:47 PM

I stopped installing off demo disks years ago for the unwanted software they always seemed to install.

Eff the copywrite protection industry.

**radio667** · 10-26-2005, 03:53 PM

But what i cant figure out for the life of me is Why copy protect a Free Demo

**Spiffness** · 10-26-2005, 03:57 PM

I'm sure its more about installing the anti-piracy spyware than it is protecting the demo.

Edit: also, it may be to protect the game code from being used to create a crack for the upcoming release..

Lmhr · 10-27-2005, 12:21 AM

More paranoia from game publisher exec's, more hassle for the rest of us.

SkaarjMaster · 10-27-2005, 07:05 AM

What else is really silly about this is now the copy protection will be cracked before the game is ever released.

10-25-2005, 10:10 PM	#1
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,769 Downloads: 2	King Kong game demo has copy protection http://www.penny-arcade.com/index.php#braying __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

10-25-2005, 10:13 PM	#2
Angel_Mapper Spin it let's begin it. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cape Suzette Posts: 2,651 Downloads: 2 My Files: 6	wtf, a DEMO???? I find it ironic that people who pirate software don't have to deal with this bullplop. __________________ Angel Mapper - Prometheus To have said goodbye to things!

10-26-2005, 07:00 AM	#3
SkaarjMaster same as he ever was Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,293 Downloads: 906	Well, if they don't want people to try out their game and get a sneak preview, then don't release a f-ing demo! WTF! .....oh yeh, and the link doesn't seem to go to the correct page. __________________ http://web.archive.org/web/200812180...ondunreal.com/ "If I give up my rights, I might be safe, but what good is being safe if you have no freedoms?" by n3m35i5 "I always turn to the sports page first....They record people's accomplishments; the front page, nothing but man's failure." by Earl Warren

10-26-2005, 03:32 PM	#4
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,769 Downloads: 2	Oops - Thank You , SkaarjMaster !!! Got the UPdate right here from metafilter.com ........... Ubisoft's demo of the new King Kong PC game comes with a lovely surprise: StarForce copy protection software. Starforce installs a device driver with no warning, , and many users have complained that it causes system instability. It also appears totally contrary to the idea of allowing users to copy the demo between one another (effectively robbing Ubisoft of free advertising). As with any form of copy protection it appears StarForce is simply an annoyance to the casual user, while the dedicated pirates are well on their way to cracking it. __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

10-26-2005, 03:39 PM	#5
Dark JaXx Think outside the box Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In my head. Posts: 1,224	wtf... OMG...they stole my demo!! Oh no! Now, we can't release the game at all!! __________________ BIGGER, FATTER, BETTER..... ...UPBonusPack. >>The Christmas present that everybody wants to have!!<< ©Upweaponsmod & Co

10-26-2005, 03:47 PM	#6
Spiffness This world is a possibiliy Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,973 My Files: 2	I stopped installing off demo disks years ago for the unwanted software they always seemed to install. Eff the copywrite protection industry. __________________ Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Ernest Benn ---- "And each and everyday will lead into tomorrow And tomorrow brings one less day without you But don't wait up just leave the light on 'Cause all the roads that I might take will all one day lead back to you" - Rise Against

10-26-2005, 03:53 PM	#7
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,769 Downloads: 2	But what i cant figure out for the life of me is Why copy protect a Free Demo __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

10-26-2005, 03:57 PM	#8
Spiffness This world is a possibiliy Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,973 My Files: 2	I'm sure its more about installing the anti-piracy spyware than it is protecting the demo. Edit: also, it may be to protect the game code from being used to create a crack for the upcoming release.. __________________ Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Ernest Benn ---- "And each and everyday will lead into tomorrow And tomorrow brings one less day without you But don't wait up just leave the light on 'Cause all the roads that I might take will all one day lead back to you" - Rise Against

10-27-2005, 12:21 AM	#9
Lmhr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: colorado Posts: 22 Downloads: 111	More paranoia from game publisher exec's, more hassle for the rest of us.

10-27-2005, 07:05 AM	#10
SkaarjMaster same as he ever was Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,293 Downloads: 906	What else is really silly about this is now the copy protection will be cracked before the game is ever released. __________________ http://web.archive.org/web/200812180...ondunreal.com/ "If I give up my rights, I might be safe, but what good is being safe if you have no freedoms?" by n3m35i5 "I always turn to the sports page first....They record people's accomplishments; the front page, nothing but man's failure." by Earl Warren

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