Ubisoft's Draconian DRM Patched?

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It appears that Ubisoft's controversial DRM scheme launched last year that required players to have a permanent connection to the Internet has been patched to no longer stop the game when connectivity drops, though an Internet connection is still required when starting the game.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/01/1527240/Ubisofts-Draconian-DRM-Patched