Ubisoft has been encountering a lot of opposition to it’s new DRM copyright protection that’s being used in Assassin’s Creed II for the PC, and rightfully so. The protection requires that the user maintain a constant internet connection if you want to play the game, and if that connection is severed you can’t play. Seriously. And that protection kicks in whether the connection is broken on the user or Ubisoft’s end.

Actually, that happened earlier this month. Ubisoft’s servers were attacked March 7, 2010 and as a result some Assassin’s Creed II owners weren’t able to play the game. But Ubisoft is trying to make it up to those rightful game owners the best way it can – with free games. Kotaku is reporting that gamers effected by the outage are receiving emails from Ubisoft offering a free download of Heroes Over Europe, Prince of Persia, Tom Clancy’s Endwar or Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.. I guess Ubisoft wants to give you something else to play, in case an outage like that happens again!

If you’re eligible for this free game giveaway, chances are an email from Ubisoft is already waiting for you in your inbox. If you own a copy of Assassin’s Creed II for the PC, had problems playing because of downtime and didn’t get the email then you should probably get in touch with Ubisoft Support and get what’s rightfully yours.