It's even in Anarchy Online, or was/is? for those playing the free accounts. (Heh... I had them turned off, but then lost my AO installation to a OS foulup, and lost the mod in the process. Bummer.)
Also: StarForce is far worse than SecuROM in some very specific ways. Under some circumstances, StarForce has been known to foul Vista's licensing info (why and how is beyond my knowledge, so SecuROM is not the only bogeyman out there.
In my opinion, copy protection serves no purpose. Full stop. Ditto for "Product Activation" followed by "<name of program> Genuine Advantage" programs. In both cases, it just inconveniences the legal end-user and doesn't even slow down the pirates in Asia and the Eastern Bloc countries.
All those software companies are doing is wasting money and ticking off their paying customers. I have yet to see a game that doesn't have a no-CD or no-DVD listed on
www.gamecopyworld.com and I doubt I ever will see a game that doesn't by release + 90 days.