Those DRM mechanisms are gone now, but people still love to pop in their old Grand Theft Auto IV or Spore DRM-laden discs and play a little of these classics. The DRM was accused of causing harware problems and were incredibly invasive on a user’s system. At the turn of the century, it was hard to find gamers-or gaming journalists, for that matter-who didn’t despise SecuRom and SafeDisc digital rights management copy protection on some of the top titles of that age.
