A good game..

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wikipedia its from, pulling linky now, if possible, were they got it from as well. But its true, as I have no ads ingame.

Advertising components
Battlefield 2142 shipped with dynamic in-game advertising provided by IGA Worldwide. A similar system is featured in games such as Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, and SWAT 4.[25] The system changes advertisements on objects such as billboards in-game. These in-game advertisements have been dubbed adware by some, and there has been a vocal backlash against this element of the game.[26] Some players also alleged that the game contained spyware that monitors the user's web-browsing habits. However, DICE employees have claimed on the game's forums that the game only reports what in-game advertisements the player look at, and for how long.[27] The Australian version of 2142 however lacks the Dynamic Advertising feature[28] as it is believed to be illegal under the Australian Spyware Act.[29] EA/DICE are currently holding a contest to find the best player in-game ad ideas (futuristic ads) to put into the empty billboards in the game. [30]

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wtf-mat...ote-208326.php (some random guy, and a letter from a friend. I can say that what his friends writes is true. I got the game manual and 2 ads. Thats it.)
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154522
http://www.totalbf2142.com/forums/sh...ad.php?p=66802

Australian Law: http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/PIWeb/...=BILLS&ID=1973

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Spyware Act 2005.

(c) to display an advertisement, series of advertisements or other content on the computer through windows in an Internet browser, in such a manner that the user of the computer cannot end the display of such advertisements or content without turning off the computer or terminating all sessions of the Internet browser, provided that this paragraph does not apply to the display of content related to the functionality or identity of the Internet browser;

(1) It is unlawful for a person who is not an authorised user of a computer to cause the installation of software on the computer in a manner designed to:

(b) prevent the user of the computer from having an opportunity to knowingly grant or withhold consent to the installation. (the consent of the ad system maybe - pvrgrn)

8 Notice, consent and removal of software requirements

Notice

(1) For the purposes of section 6, notice to the user of a computer must:

(a) include a clear notification, displayed on the screen until the user either grants or denies consent to installation, of the name and general nature of the computer software that will be installed if the user grants consent; and

(b) include a separate disclosure, with respect to each information collection, advertising, distributed computing and settings modification feature contained in the computer software, that remains displayed on the screen until the user either grants or denies consent to that feature; and

(c) in the case of an information collection feature, provides a clear description of:

(i) the type of personal or network information to be collected and transmitted by the computer software; and

(ii) the purpose for which the personal or network information is to be collected, transmitted and used; and

(d) in the case of an advertising feature, provides:

(i) a representative example of the type of advertisement that may be delivered by the computer software; and

(ii) a clear description of the estimated frequency with which each type of advertisement may be delivered or the factors on which the frequency will depend; and

(iii) a clear description of how the user can distinguish each type of advertisement that the computer software delivers from advertisements generated by other software, Internet website operators or services; and

(e) in the case of a distributed computing feature, provides a clear description of:

(i) the types of information or messages the computer software will cause the computer to transmit; and

(ii) the estimated frequency with which the computer software will cause the computer to transmit such messages or information or the factors on which the frequency will depend; and

(iii) the estimated volume of such information or messages, and the likely impact, if any, on the processing or communications capacity of the user’s computer; and

(iv) the nature, volume and likely impact on the computer’s processing capacity of any computational or processing tasks the computer software will cause the computer to perform in order to generate the information or messages the computer software will cause the computer to transmit; and

(f) in the case of a settings modification feature, provides a clear description of the nature of the modification, its function and any collateral effects the modification may produce, and procedures the user may follow to turn off such feature or uninstall the computer software.

Consent

(2) For purposes of section 6, consent means:

(a) consent by the user of the computer to the installation of the computer software; and

(b) separate affirmative consent by the user of the computer to each information collection feature, advertising feature, distributed computing feature and settings modification feature contained in the computer software.

Removal procedures

(3) For purposes of section 6, computer software must:

(a) appear in the ‘Add/Remove Programs’ menu or any like feature, if any, provided by each operating system with which the computer software functions; and

(b) be capable of being removed completely using the normal procedures for removing computer software provided by each operating system with which the computer software functions; and

(c) in the case of computer software with an advertising feature, include an easily identifiable link clearly associated with each advertisement that the software causes to be displayed, such that selection of the link by the user of the computer generates an on-screen window that informs the user about how to turn off the advertising feature or uninstall the computer software.