On Wednesday we reported that PC owners of Fallout 3 had discovered that the SecuROM program had also been installed with their copy of the just release RPG. We emailed publisher Bethesda Softworks for comment and received this from their PR head Pete Hines:

For Fallout 3's copy protection on PC, we use the same security model as we did for Oblivion - a simple disc check. We only use SecuROM's disc check functionality for copy protection. We do NOT limit the number of installs. We do NOT use online authentication or any other SecuROM functionality except for a disc check when you install the game and when you launch the game. We do not install any other programs and we don't have anything that runs in the background while you're playing the game.

If you experience issues installing the game, try running setup.exe directly off the disc. That will resolve most compatibility issues.

If folks have issues that can contact tech support or our support forums, including this thread on SecuROM issues.

Hopefully this will give some gamers a little bit of comfort if they are concerned about DRM issues in the game.