<s>
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
CD/DVD	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
and	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
(	O
DRM	O
)	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
Sony	O
DADC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
method	O
of	O
disc	O
protection	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
is	O
data	B-Device
position	I-Device
measurement	I-Device
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
online	O
activation	O
DRM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
gained	O
prominence	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
2000s	O
but	O
generated	O
controversy	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
requirement	O
for	O
frequent	O
online	B-License
authentication	I-License
and	O
strict	O
key	O
activation	O
limits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2008	O
class-action	O
lawsuit	O
was	O
filed	O
against	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
for	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Spore	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opponents	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
,	O
believe	O
that	O
fair-use	O
rights	O
are	O
restricted	O
by	O
DRM	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
limits	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
PCs	O
activated	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
key	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
uninstalled	O
upon	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
7.x	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
Removal	O
Tool	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
help	O
users	O
remove	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
after	O
the	O
software	O
with	O
which	O
it	O
was	O
installed	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reformatting	O
the	O
computer	O
may	O
not	O
consume	O
an	O
activation	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
Product	B-License
Activation	I-License
servers	O
successfully	O
detect	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
re-installation	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
set	O
of	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
may	O
not	O
detect	O
that	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
disc	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
will	O
prevent	O
a	O
game	O
from	O
running	O
if	O
explicit	O
congestion	O
notification	O
is	O
enabled	O
in	O
Vista	B-Application
's	O
networking	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
bypass	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
disk	O
drive	O
emulators	O
and	O
debugging	O
software	O
,	O
will	O
block	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
generate	O
a	O
security	O
module	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
conflicts	O
with	O
other	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
best-known	O
being	O
SysInternals	O
 '	O
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
(	O
prior	O
to	O
version	O
11	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
of	O
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
before	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
protected	O
software	O
would	O
produce	O
an	O
error	O
caused	O
by	O
a	O
driver	O
that	O
was	O
kept	O
in	O
memory	O
after	O
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
was	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
solved	O
by	O
either	O
ensuring	O
that	O
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
is	O
not	O
running	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
launched	O
,	O
or	O
updating	O
Process	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
has	O
a	O
hardware-level	O
incompatibility	O
with	O
certain	O
brands	O
of	O
optical	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Purchasers	O
of	O
BioShock	B-Application
were	O
required	O
to	O
activate	O
the	O
game	O
online	O
,	O
and	O
users	O
who	O
exceeded	O
their	O
permitted	O
two	O
activations	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
call	O
to	O
get	O
their	O
limit	O
raised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2008	O
that	O
Mass	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PC	O
would	O
use	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
7.x	O
and	O
require	O
that	O
the	O
software	O
be	O
reactivated	O
every	O
10	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customer	O
complaints	O
led	O
EA	O
to	O
remove	O
the	O
10-day	O
activation	O
,	O
but	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
remained	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
installation	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
product	B-License
activation	I-License
facility	O
used	O
to	O
impose	O
a	O
limit	O
of	O
three	O
activations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
BioShock	B-Application
,	O
uninstalling	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
not	O
refund	O
a	O
previously	O
used	O
activation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spore	B-Application
,	O
released	O
by	O
EA	O
on	O
September	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
uses	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spore	B-Application
has	O
seen	O
relatively	O
substantial	O
rates	O
of	O
unauthorized	O
distribution	O
among	O
peer-to-peer	O
groups	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
reported	O
1.7million	O
downloads	O
over	O
BitTorrent	O
networks	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
user-redistributed	O
game	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
TorrentFreak	O
's	O
"	O
Top	O
10	O
most	O
pirated	O
games	O
of	O
2008	O
"	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
note	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
reaction	O
from	O
users	O
unhappy	O
with	O
the	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
individual	O
product	B-Application
key	I-Application
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
limited	O
to	O
use	O
on	O
three	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
class-action	O
lawsuit	O
was	O
filed	O
by	O
Maryland	O
resident	O
Melissa	O
Thomas	O
within	O
the	O
U.S.	O
District	O
Court	O
against	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
over	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
's	O
inclusion	O
with	O
Spore	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
Alert	O
3	O
included	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
until	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-Steam	O
editions	O
still	O
include	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
every	O
serial	B-Application
key	I-Application
can	O
only	O
be	O
activated	O
up	O
to	O
5	O
times	O
,	O
and	O
activations	O
could	O
be	O
revoked	O
for	O
individual	O
systems	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
auto-run	O
feature	O
as	O
of	O
patch	O
1.05	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reports	O
emerged	O
in	O
March	O
2011	O
that	O
EA	O
's	O
Dragon	B-Application
Age	I-Application
II	I-Application
included	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
,	O
despite	O
assertions	O
from	O
EA	O
to	O
the	O
contrary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
BioWare	O
representative	O
stated	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
Dragon	B-Application
Age	I-Application
II	I-Application
message	O
boards	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
instead	O
"	O
a	O
release	O
control	O
product	O
which	O
is	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
a	O
completely	O
different	O
product	O
"	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
Sony	O
Release	O
Control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
August	O
2012	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
updated	O
version	O
included	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
software	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
discovered	O
when	O
an	O
early	O
purchase	O
link	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Square	O
Enix	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
who	O
purchased	O
and	O
downloaded	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
activate	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
activation	B-License
servers	I-License
not	O
recognizing	O
the	O
activation	O
key	O
for	O
their	O
purchased	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
released	O
The	O
Sims	O
2	O
Ultimate	O
Collection	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
until	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
mention	O
that	O
the	O
download	O
also	O
came	O
with	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
included	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
revealed	O
by	O
the	O
site	O
Reclaim	O
Your	O
Game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
was	O
removed	O
on	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
three	O
years	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
last	O
offered	O
on	O
Origin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
Disney	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
end	O
its	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
license	O
,	O
Tron	B-Application
:	I-Application
Evolution	I-Application
,	O
which	O
relies	O
on	O
it	O
to	O
authenticate	O
its	O
installation	O
and	O
startup	O
,	O
was	O
rendered	O
unplayable	O
and	O
pulled	O
from	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
store	I-Application
nearly	O
a	O
decade	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disney	O
claims	O
that	O
efforts	O
are	O
being	O
made	O
to	O
re-release	O
the	O
game	O
without	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
there	O
has	O
so	O
far	O
been	O
no	O
further	O
assurance	O
of	O
or	O
timetable	O
for	O
such	O
an	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
