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Ubisoft DRM servers go down, punishing customers but not pirates

You remember Ubisoft's announcement that they were crippling their new games with a DRM system that would kick players out of their games if they couldn't connect continuously to Ubisoft's DRM servers? Now Ubisoft's servers have started to go down.

Of course, pirates and people who break Ubisoft's DRM can still play. Way to correctly align the incentives, Ubisoft.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/07/ubi...rvers.html
http://kotaku.com/5487918/ubisofts-new-d...-customers

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