The reason the DRM will not work and is conter productive is anyone with minimal knowledge of video game piracy could easily find a hacked copy. The DRM only hurts those who legitimately bought the game and aren't using a hacked copy. I'm baffled that EA actually thinks this will help them.

I saw a really good article concerning this at:

http://news.gotgame.com/spores-drm-debacle-parte-deux/

this is really in-depth and analyzes the problem.