Source: EA De-Authorization Management Tool
Many game companies think that it is a good idea to limit the installations of their games on customer computers. This limit usually ranges between 3 and 5 installations before it cannot be installed anymore. This procedure is part of copy protection schemes that are supposed to block unrighteous installations of the games.
Companies seem to cling to those schemes although it has been proven that they are not helping fight software piracy. Games are usually available without copy protection on the Internet before or soon after they are released. This essentially means that someone downloading those games does not have to cope with installation limits and other copy protection schemes like CD checks while the people who bought the game do.
It was common in the past that customers had to call the game company or publisher if they reached their installation limit in order to have it reset so that they could install the game again.
Many game companies think that it is a good idea to limit the installations of their games on customer computers. This limit usually ranges between 3 and 5 installations before it cannot be installed anymore. This procedure is part of copy protection schemes that are supposed to block unrighteous installations of the games.
Companies seem to cling to those schemes although it has been proven that they are not helping fight software piracy. Games are usually available without copy protection on the Internet before or soon after they are released. This essentially means that someone downloading those games does not have to cope with installation limits and other copy protection schemes like CD checks while the people who bought the game do.
It was common in the past that customers had to call the game company or publisher if they reached their installation limit in order to have it reset so that they could install the game again.
