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By Chris Meadows

We already knew that consumers were fed up with Spore‘s DRM, but it seems that one of them has now launched a class-action lawsuit over it. (A PDF of the complaint can be downloaded here.) The lawsuit alleges that Electronic Arts does not disclose that SecuROM will be installed along with Spore, and that SecuROM cannot be uninstalled by any means short of reformatting and reinstalling Windows.

Ars Technica‘s Ben Kuchera is dubious about some of the claims made in the lawsuit. He notes that the complaint about uninstalling SecuROM is factually incorrect—there is an uninstaller available—and points out that many of the rest of the claims made in the complaint are unprovably vague. He concludes:

There are are very real and very troubling things about the use of SecuROM and the control it has over your computer. The lack of any specific complaints in this lawsuit makes it seem more like a money grab than anything else, and may detract from legitimate attention paid to the problems plaguing DRM in PC gaming.

It is understandable that the frustration Spore‘s DRM provokes might lead to litigation, but worrisome that the litigation could end up hurting more than it helps.

Related: Other Spore coverage on TeleRead.

 
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