I'm not sure that DAO:s memory leak has anything to do with Securom. Most of BioWare's games I've played degenerate after time (even those that didn't have securom). Although this doesn't mean I disagree with you when it comes to the securom causing degeneration of the game.
Securom and I aren't best buddies. I even had to use No-cd crack on one of the securom-"protected" games I have, because it claimed I wasn't using an original copy. Installing went just fine, but if I tried to play it asked me to pop in the original disk. Annoyed me to no end, and made me feel that playing a priate copy would have been lot less bother than being a law-abiding citizen.
