By the end of 2008, Spore -- and the controversy surrounding its digital rights management (DRM) -- nearly singlehandedly introduced the issue of copy protection in PC gaming to a wider swath of consumers that may not have given it much thought before. And if you happen to have a particularly strong opinion about it now (and we're guessing you do), then good news: It looks like the Federal Trade Commission will be investigating the fairness of DRM to consumers in March, and they're looking for your opinions (via GameCyte).

All you need to do is head over to the FTC's official form to post a comment, fill out the necessary fields, write your thoughts, and send it in. The FTC assures that "all timely and responsive public comments" will be considered, so long as you get your comments in before the deadline: January 30.

Do note, though, that any comments you send (along with any personal information you fill out) will be added to the public record of the investigation, and accessible by, well, anyone who wants to access it. So before you bust out that perfect, virtuoso string of expletives you carefully constructed years ago and were saving for just this sort of special occasion, stop and consider if you really want Internet flame forever associated with your name in a public FTC record.









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