En los hechos ya vimos con el caso del rootkit-troyano de Sony BMG, (tema Sony instala un troyano como medida anticopia), los editores están dispuestos a todo para evitar que hagan copias ilegales de sus productos, si para protegerse deben abusar de sus usuarios legales no les preocupa, siguen adelante.
Ahora hay un ejemplo más triste y vinculado a los juegos, el sistema para evitar copias de CDs llamado Starforce.
Traduzco de similarities.org.
"Reportes de lectoras CD ROms destruidas, sistemas Windows inestables o corriendo más lento luego de instalar un juego (aún luego de haberlo desinstalado), y controladores (drivers) corruptos como posible consecuencia de Starforce, han hecho que muchos jugadores de computadora tengan dudas sobre esta tecnología de protección de copia.
Hay también muchos reportes de clientes que dicen que los juegos protegidos por Starforce se niegan a trabajar con varios dispositivos DVD/CD y computadoras portátiles"
Como los editores no suelen comentar sobre las tecnologías anticopias que usan , y mucho menos ponerlas en las cajas de los productos, alguién armó una lista de los juegos que usan Starforce que a continuación reproduzco :
Fuente: similarities.org.Juego ______________________________ Editor/desarrollador
7 Sins ________________________________Atari
Anstoss 4 (German) ___________________Ascaron Entertainment
Area 51 Midway
Bandits: Phoenix Rising ________________Tri Synergy (US) / Pan Vision (EU)
Bet on Soldier _________________________Nadeo
Beyond Divinity _______________________Hip Games / Larian (dev.)
Black Mirror __________________________The Adventure Company
Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder _______________CDV
Blitzkrieg 2 ____________________________CDV
Breed ________________________________CDV
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon (only US version) __The Adventure Company
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood __________Ubisoft
Cycling Manager 3 ______________________GMX Media
Cycling Manager 4 ______________________Digital Jesters
Chaos League (demo and release) _________Strategy First
Chaos League: Sudden Death (demo and release) __Strategy First
Codename: Outbreak ____________________Virgin Interactive
Codename: Panzers - Phase One ___________CDV
Codename: Panzers - Phase Two___________ CDV
Cold War (demo and release)_______________ Dreamcatcher Interactive
Colin McRae Rally 2005 ___________________Codemasters
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars ______________CDV / GSC (dev.)
Cross Racing Championship 2005 ___________Graphsim (US) / Project Three (EU)
Curse: The Eye of Isis ____________________The Adventure Company
Cycling Manager 3 _______________________Digital Jesters (?)
D-Day (release and demo) _________________Monte Cristo
Dead to Rights ___________________________Hip Games
Demonic Speedway (release and possibly demo) _Cenega (forum inactive)
Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps ________________Encore Software
Domination ______________________________Dreamcatcher Interactive
Emergency Fire Response __________________Dreamcatcher Interactive
Enigma: Rising Tide _______________________Tesseraction Games
Etherlords II _____________________________Strategy First
Fire Chief ________________________________Strategy First
Fire Department ___________________________Monte Cristo
Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich ____________Irrational Games (US) / VU Games (EU)
Gangland ________________________________Whiptail Interactive
Garfield __________________________________Hip Games
Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris _______________Cenega (forum inactive)
GT Legends (demo and release) _______________10tacle
Horse Race Manager ________________________Cyanide Studio
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter (some releases only) __Interplay
Kicker Manager 2004 ________________________Deep Silver
Kill Switch _________________________________Hip Games
Korea: Forgotten Conflict ____________________Cenega (forum inactive)
LMA Professional Manager 2005 _______________Codemasters
Lock On: Modern Air Combat (Gold version) ______Ubisoft
Medieval Lords (demo and release) _____________Digital Jesters / Monte Cristo (dev.)
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary ______________Namco
Obscure (both CD and DVD version) ____________Dreamcatcher (US) / Microids (EU)
Pferdehof - Pferd und Pony ____________________dtp Entertainment
Pax Romana ________________________________Dreamcatcher Interactive
Peter Jackson's King Kong (demo and release) _____Ubisoft
Pariah _____________________________________Groove Games
Pop Star Academy ____________________________Monte Cristo
Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend __________________Running With Scissors
Prince of Persia Sands of Time __________________Ubisoft
Pro Rugby Manager ___________________________Digital Jesters
Pure Pinball (German version only) _______________Koch Media
Rally Championship Xtreme ____________________Warthog Entertainment
Restaurant Empire ____________________________Enlight
Restricted Area _______________________________Whiptail Interactive
Revolution __________________________________Activision Value
Runaway A Road Adventure ____________________Tri Synergy
Scrapland ___________________________________Enlight
Second Sight (German version) _________________Codemasters
Silent Hunter 3 _______________________________Ubisoft
Silent Storm _________________________________Encore Software
Silkolene Honda Motocross GP __________________Midas Interactive
Singles: Flirt Up Your Life _______________________Eidos (US) / Deep Silver (EU)
Singles 2: Triple Trouble (EU version at least) _______Koch Media / Deep Silver
Sniper Elite / Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945 _____________Namco (US) / Wanadoo (EU)
Soldiers Heroes of World War 2 (demo and release) __Codemasters
Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory ____________________Ubisoft
Space Rangers 2 _______________________________Elemental Games
Sommerspiele 2004 ____________________________dtp Entertainment
Steel Saviour __________________________________SR-71
Still Life (demo and release) ______________________The Adventure Company
Street Racing Syndicate __________________________Namco
SuperPower 2 __________________________________Dreamcatcher Interactive
Syberia II (only some releases) ___________________The Adventure Company
The Fall: Last Days of Gaia (German version) _________Deep Silver / Koch Media
The Moment of Silence ___________________________The Adventure Company
The Suffering: Ties That Bind _______________________Midway
The Westerner (Wanted: A Wild Western Adventure) ___The Adventure Company
TOCA 2 (Race Driver 2, DTM Race Driver 2) __________Codemasters
Trackmania _____________________________________Nadeo
Trackmania Sunrise ______________________________Nadeo
Traitors Gate 2: Cypher ____________________________The Adventure Company
UFO: Aftershock _________________________________Cenega (forum inactive)
V8 Supercars 2 __________________________________ Codemasters
Virtual Skipper 3 (demo and release) _________________Enlight
Wildlife Park _____________________________________Encore Software
World War II: Frontline Command ___________________Strategy First
Worms 4: Mayhem _______________________________Codemasters
XIII ____________________________________________Ubisoft
X2: The Threat (only European versions) ______________Deep Silver
X3: Reunion (only European versions) _________________Deep Silver
Xpand Rally ______________________________________Micro Application
Xuan-Yuan Sword 4 _______________________________SoftStar Entertainment