IllegalPaladin on 17 September 2008
I don't think that kind of DRM is going to be absent on Steam either. I believe Bioshock, for example, still had it's DRM even on the Steam version.
God this DRM thing is annoying. However, I read that EA is going to make it so you can deactivate an install now (with Spore at least).
http://kotaku.com/5050860/ea-to-loosen-spore-install-restrictions-reveals-sampling-of-spore-activations
