After seeing the incredible screenshots of the new title World in conflict I decided to download the demo.
After unpacking the thing my suspicions started to raise when seeing the installer was labeled for 'macrovision inc' which is never a good sign.
Then to my amazement I found this clause in the EULA:
7. Acknowledgments. You hereby acknowledge that:
A. The Demo may contain bugs which may cause loss of data or potentially require you to reinstall your operating system.
B. You have backed-up your hard drive prior to installation of the Demo.
C. You have the resources necessary to reinstall your operating system and restore any and all lost data.
D. Licensor shall not be liable in any way for the loss or damage to player heroes, accounts, statistics, or user profile information stored on Massgate.
E. Licensor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delete or modify the information stored on Massgate for any reason at any time.
F. As part of the Demo registration process, you grant Licensor permission to download an ActiveX file to your computer system that will record CPU, RAM, operating system, video card, and sound card information from your computer.
G. Without any further notice to you, Licensor shall have the right to obtain certain “non personal” data from your connection to the Demo regarding your computer, its component parts, and its operating system, including, but not limited to, information regarding your computer’s central processing unit, random access memory, graphic processing unit(s), sound cards and related software, as well as information relative to your connection speed. This data shall be for the sole purpose of assisting Licensor to improve the software program performances; you acknowledge and agree that Licensor shall have the right to obtain certain information from your computer and its component parts.
H. Additionally, the Demo requires the creation and retention of electronic files, related to game play and in-game settings ("Demo Data"), which are stored by Licensor. Keeping Demo Data safe is a priority of Licensor. Licensor will use reasonable efforts to restore the Demo Data, unless you negligently or intentionally caused the loss of the Demo Data.
I mean wtf they want your permission to install spyware, DRM and potentially have to reinstall the whole OS after the DRM has messed it up?
I chose no thanks.
