If you’ve got Dragon Age II on your Windows PC, then you’ve got yourself some SecuROM. Even though EA was ordered by courts to disclose whenever it sells a game with SecuROM DRM, there’s nothing in any of the Dragon Age II promotional media, EULA or manuals that lets players know this antipiracy measure is there. Reclaim Your Game discovered the SecuROM and delivered the bad news to the PC gaming world during its evaluation of the game…

For many PC gamers, DRM (digital rights management) is a dirty word, a term that signifies a breakdown in trust between a company and its consumers in the name of thwarting piracy. Regardless of what gamers feel however, DRM is here to stay. The good news however, is that companies have been improving it, as we’re expected to see in Dragon Age 2, due March 8, 2011.

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…