I think with the number of gamers who are members of TS(many of them probably visit other forums, many of them in the gaming community) I think it should be quite easy for someone to put together a complaint letter that could be used as you mentioned earlier, or even as a guid if some would rather express themselves in their own words. It wouldn't take long to spread to thousands of gamers who have bought(or would have bought) the game. Even if only a couple of people from here were to spread the word and maybe a copy of a letter, it would reach thousands in no time. Imagine the reaction to thousands of angry consumers, all because they are fed up with being treated as potential criminals.

this is what happened with Intuit's tax program, enough people complained loudly enough that they were forced to abandon their efforts.

Thats what I was thinking when Mr. G first mentioned it. All it would take was a tiny bit of effort and someone who likes to write very well thought out "essay-like" posts to write the complaint, oh, and a stamp. Just a few people could spread it all over the Internet within a couple of days, then, a few angry postal employees later, a ton of complaints arrive at the doorsteps of Ubisoft.

I do think that the person to head this up should be one of you guys who actually plays that game.

OK, just another, maybe slightly different view on this. In my opinion, copy protection is ok as long as it is limited to how you use the product it is protecting. It is NOT okay to take an objection to other programs you have installed, regardless of the reason behind it.

It's a thin end of the wedge kind if thing. Today it's programs that MIGHT be used to crack software. Tomorrow, is it okay to stop it working because you have Medal of Honour installed?

Pirates make money at a Ubi's expense - but so do other publishers. Where do you draw the line?

There is a very good point you have there Grey Area, what you are saying is that why should they stop at preventing you from using CD duplication apps, maybe they can also keep you from using competing products too. I think thats a valid argument against this type of protection. Companies already try to do this *cough* MS *cough*. This could be a valid concern, it could also be paranoia, but we've seen software companies do some pretty rotten things.

I concur. It would give them the ablity to decide if the fixes were wrth the risk, or if they were users of those particular programs affected, they would have not had to go through the hassle of downloading, and either uninstalling or waiting for a patch fix to the problem.
it would be similar to me taking my highly modified custom sports car to have a tire change, and when i get it back, it now runs on desiel instead of gas.

While i don't agree with it, this scheme will get defeated just like all the others. You can't stop those good pirates

You know things are getting bad when you're waiting on the "warez community" to make it possible for you to enjoy a game that you actually paid for without having to uninstall half your existing software to do so.