It amuses me sometimes when people get angry at a position we take, and say to us something along the lines of well, if you're so upset about it, stop talking about it and do something, as if talking about it doesn't help to bring about change by getting many others interested as well. Thus, it's always nice to see when a story does help generate change. Last week, one of the stories we had that got the most traffic was about EA's use of controversial DRM on some hyped up new games. The DRM would require a regular internet connection and would regularly check in on users. The comments on that post were harsh, with many swearing never to buy those games -- and many wrote EA about those concerns as well. A bunch of other sites picked up on the uproar as well, and late Friday, EA [url=http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9940600-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 target=_new]agreed to cut back on the DRM plans[/url]. It's not a total capitulation, as there will still be some DRM used -- it just won't be quite as onerous as originally planned.

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