Comments on: StarForce saga continues http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8269 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8269/comment-page-1#comment-36367 Reader's Write Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:15:32 +0000 #comment-36367 What do you expect from a bunch of former KGB whose Computer Science education centered around developing viruses and other Malware? Starforce is a Russian company HQed in Moscow. Anyone who dares criticize them on-line gets treated to a lovely e-mail full of arrogant bluster promising draconian legal action and being reported to the FBI for making 'threats'. Ask Cory Doctorow. The real issue is why would any US or European game publisher decide to use this CRAP in the first place? --TG What do you expect from a bunch of former KGB whose Computer Science education centered around developing viruses and other Malware? Starforce is a Russian company HQed in Moscow. Anyone who dares criticize them on-line gets treated to a lovely e-mail full of arrogant bluster promising draconian legal action and being reported to the FBI for making ‘threats’. Ask Cory Doctorow.

The real issue is why would any US or European game publisher decide to use this CRAP in the first place?

–TG

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8269/comment-page-1#comment-36359 Reader's Write Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:01:35 +0000 #comment-36359 Its amazing how they continue to get away with it. Look at what happened to Sony with their rootkit scandal. Starforce seems far worse as it breaks some device drivers and can drop your optical drive into PIO mode as well. Its amazing how they continue to get away with it. Look at what happened to Sony with their rootkit scandal. Starforce seems far worse as it breaks some device drivers and can drop your optical drive into PIO mode as well.

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