Starforce says sorry to Stardock

MAKERS of DRM software Starforce have said sorry to Stardock for publishing a link to a pirated version of its Galactic Civilizations II software.

Stardock has made a name for itself by releasing Galactic Civilisations II with no copy protection or DRM.

Starforce placed a link to a pirated copy of on its website and said that it cannot be good for sales to have Stardock's software so easily available.On a Stardock forum, a spokesman said that he had since received an email from Starforce saying it was sorry.

The outfit has taken down the link from its website and given the company the opportunity to request the various meta-torrent sites to remove links to illegal torrents. The company sent a few emails off to the meta-sites who promptly took the references to the P2P sites down.

"One might make the argument that a simple polite email to a meta-torrent search site is as effective as copy protection," the spokesman said.

The spokesman said that he didn't want people to think that the Stardock was on some anti-copy protection crusade. It just didn't think CD copy protection was a good way to increase sales. µ