[Russianhaxor]

Electronic Arts decided today to remove its five on-line activation policies and offer a tool that will de-authorize games released after May 2008. After going through a painful PR disaster called Spore, a game that received numerous number of "1 of 5" stars on on-line stores, sales of the game died down as the marketing campaign stopped. Secondary buyers usually buy the game that is out between 6-12 months old, and they don't care about online reviews.

more here, including links on where to go to deactivate your games.

http://brightsideofnews.com/news/200...ation-drm.aspx