[quote user="Ted"] What! You can only install EA games so many times! WTF! [/quote] As far as I know, they have only done this particular DRM scheme on one other game so far. It's either Mass Effect or BioShock. I can never remember which. But basically, you can only install it on up to...

Incidentely you can create a creature to protest against DRM in spore, but EA own those creatures and delete them.

I refuse to purchase Spore (or any other EA product for that matter) while they are using their current DRM scheme. When I purchase a game, I don't like being told how many times I'm allowed to install it. But good for you for finding this. Aside from the DRM issues, how is the game?