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Activation limits removed on BioShock for the PC
Good news! As promised, all activation restrictions, including install limits, have been removed from BioShock PC as of today. You don’t have to patch or install anything for this to go into effect for your copy of BioShock – it’s already done!
Enjoy your time in Rapture, and thank you for supporting BioShock and the 2K teams. 
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06-19-2008
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thanks!! love to hear when DRM is removed! i bet you will see more sales from this alone..
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06-19-2008
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Woo!
Its like the end of the Cold War!
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06-19-2008
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I was hoping you could clarify. Has SecuROM been fixed or has SecuROM been removed from BioShock?
I hope it's just the conspiracy theorist in me, but when you say the DRM is "fixed" and that you don't need to apply any patch to receive said "fix" this leads me to believe that you have simply removed the rules (or whatever mechanism SecuROM uses) from the SecuROM software on the server side (e.g. your validation server always returns true or valid). This means that the SecuROM software would still be installed on my end when I purchase BioShock through Steam or B&M store. The whole reason why I haven't bought BioShock up to this point is the fact that I don't want SecuROM mucking up my PC. What happens if the validation server goes down tomorrow, or next week, or in a year, and my copy can't receive that warm fuzzy true from your system? What if you don't want to maintain the SecuROM server any longer, is my copy still going to work? What happens if 2K Games or SecuROM closes it doors and shuts off the servers X days in the future. Can I be assured that the copy I legally purchased will continue to work? I mean it is a single player experience, and I don't think it's asking too much that I continue to be able to enjoy the game I legally bought, is it? Sorry for going off on a small rant, but I believe this is an important question and one many hardcore PC enthusiasts is interested in knowing the answer to. If you truly have removed the SecuROM software from the client side of the game, then I will happily put down my $30 through steam tonight. But, if you still pollute your software with this crapware, I can only say that I will gladly wait for the rumored PS3 version and pay for it second hand.
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06-19-2008
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Our other methods of copy protection remain. You will still have to activate your copy, and you will still need to keep the disc in the drive. SecuROM has not been removed -- just the activation limits on number of installs and number of computers you can install BioShock on simultaneously.
As I promised that the activation limits would go away, I can promise that if we ever stop supporting BioShock in the ways you speak of, we will release a patch so that the game is still playable. I believe, as you seem to, that BioShock will be the kind of game we will want to revisit 5, 10, 15 or more years from now. I want my copy to be playable, just as you do, and so does 2K.
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#9
06-19-2008
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I'd add that anyone violently opposed to DRM should be prepared to miss all the biggest PC titles, since BioShock, Mass Effect, and Spore have all used (or plan to use) this software.
Even Bethesda did a huge about-face and added SecuROM to the Game of the Year Edition of Oblivion. If 2K ever did release a version without SecuROM, there are so many other high profile games using it that it wouldn't matter. If it isn't already a common process on most systems, it soon will be.
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06-20-2008
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