The people at Starforce, who probably got sick of the persistent accusations and rumors on the Internet about their copy-protection scheme, decided to prove once and for all that Starforce is harmless. So they opened a little contest with a catchy name, Destroy your PC and receive $1000. Until January 31 2006, the first person to reproduce a hardware problem related to the copy-protection scheme in the Starfoce offices in Moscow will win $1,000 and have his travel expenses refunded. Obviously, all the drives in the system should be functioning before the installation of a product protected by StarForce. Click here for details.

It's a good idea, even if the deadline is a bit short. Ever since Fabrice Cambounet posted his final update about Starforce, the debate has been going in circles. If only we could find out whether the beta testers are experiencing problems with SF…