The oppressive Ubisoft PC game DRM has been lifted! Well, mostly. The DRM copyright protection is still there, but it isn’t as annoying and restrictive as usual. Previously, games like Assassins Creed II and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction required players to maintain a constant internet connection if they wanted to actually play, because the DRM would be continually checking to make sure you didn’t abruptly decide to play an illegal version of the game you already showed you owned. Not anymore. But Ubisoft has patched both games to remove that requirement…

For as long as there’s been video games, it seems like there’s been video game piracy. It’s sadly become a commonplace occurrence, with deserving developers and publishers becoming victims of disrespectful players who would rather steal than pay for a quality game.

Some developers and publishers attempt to strike back. Anti-piracy measures are designed, created and implemented in the hopes of thwarting the game pirates. Unfortunately, these measures are typically no match for determined pirates with plenty of free time on their hands.

This constant struggle between companies and thieves has lead to some memorable, and occasionally funny, piracy protection measures. Today, Gamertell takes a look back at the anti-piracy included in Spore, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates and Earthbound…