As I reported here http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=671930
Atari has went ahead including a DRM system which doesn't work for us PC Gamers. As of right now if you buy Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena PC Edition you can only install the game 3 fricking times then your DVD becomes a frisby and you must buy another copy.
This would certainly be different if Atari included a Revoke tool but they didn't and as of now things look pretty grim. Atari has committed an illegal act here by not placing warnings on the retail package for this DRM. To make matters worse is that if someone decides to sue Atari for it's deceptive methods then it will cause an embarassment or worse.
My suggestions for you as follows:
- Contact your local state represenatives
- Get in touch with your State Attorney General
- Report this to the FTC
- Submit a Report to the Better Business Bureau
- Take your Chronicles of Riddick Retail copy to a Lawyer
- Spread the word
For now I will be buying the PS3 version. Should Atari release a revoke tool then I will spring for another PC copy.
NOTE: I purchased a PC copy of Riddick and handed it over to my lawyer so they could review the licenses and what not. To an alarming 4 hours later I was informed I had a case for Atari's Deceptive DRM methods.
Speak out and be heard my fellow pc gamers!
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