Ubisoft, a French video game publisher, completely revoked all access to its game, "The Crew", on 31 March. The game has both a single-player offline and multiplayer mode, but Ubisoft opted to unilaterally revoke licenses from all players who bought the game since its release in 2014. Players hoped for a patch that would still allow offline play, but to no avail.
An incredible display of modern digital contracting: no ownership, just a licence.
@mattis That is so fucked up!
@mattis I'd like to bubble this link up to give it more direct exposure. Ross Scott leading the charge to sue Ubisoft for what they're doing, and (hopefully) set a precedent that will give other publishers pause before doing similarly.
DaveNull
pResident EvilUbisoft is a shit company, requiring permanent online connection for offline because fucking DRM consisting of sending packets to servers, and games "disconnecting" if servers don't answer… Everyone seems to find that acceptable…
Meanwhile, many tech people prefer to complain that "not-so-nice-consumers want free things, engineers and prgrammers should earn so much more than the average wage, it's consumers fault!" as if assholes who implement such abusive crap deserve good wage… 
@mattis you don't own your computer. You don't own your internet connection. You don't own your operating system. You don't really own your house. You...more or less don't own your life. The only way one can get out of that is by going away from...all this corporate shit, in the absence of stronger regulations