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> It DOES have a liscense/activation scheme, but even then you only need to
> enter the key if you want to patch the game.

So it does have a copy protection. What a bunch of hypocrites. I am playing 
Distant Guns and almost didn't noticed a copy protection at all. And 
somebody doesn't need to play it on ANOTHER compute damn it. And if you 
want, you can.
Ah, Stardock have sold you story that they are better then others. LOL.
As I said this is very effective copy protection if your new patches will 
not work on pirating copies that went on black list. So it is a copy 
protection. Even very effective copy protection if you add great new things 
into patch and pirates cannot play it.
What is use of 1.0 version of some games when 5th patch change a game so 
much and when you cannot play multiplayer etc...


> I won't.  I won't buy any game with Starforce on it.  I may miss out on
> some  great games, but so be it.

I am not talking about Starforce. Even me see that it is too radical.
Effective but radical.

>> But boycotting games because of copy protection is even worse and that 
>> will
>> just kill PC games if it is done on a large scale.
>
> There are plenty of other PC games that don't use copy protection, DRM, or
> will trash my hardware simply because I want to play it.  I'm voting with
> my feet.

Ah, yes... Splendid. Battlefront.com. Storm Eagle Studios, Paradox 
Interactive are all for boycotting? They use product activation. That 
crusade like pc games is really out of reality.

Well, then be happy with your Stardock, Gal Civ II etc...

I ain't gonna hold my purchase of great Theatre of War just because some 
bozos on Usenet are spreading prophecy how activation is bad. LOL
You are becoming too radical, like some terrorist groups :)

Well, vote with your dollar nobody is denying you the rights but you all are 
bozos for me because that product activation is not so big thing as you 
think. Not at all.
In fact there should be a debate what is better and effective: product 
activation where you don't get pirated or patches that pirates do not crack 
(game is too obscure - OK sometimes they crack the patch but mostly for 
mainstream games!) which gives a adverstising as some who pirated game will 
want to move from 1.0 version and will buy the game (many wouldn't I agree 
on that).

So don't just pack this crap like Gal Civ II is not copy protected, or 
Matrix, or Shrapnel Games, their protection is maybe even better than of 
some product activation games as I explained before. They are obscure to 
crack and too complicated for those who like it to wait for a crack - in 
many cases they will buy the game (because crack will never if ever come).

So I really don't see a problem here. We have lunatic PC Games who is 
working for Valve ( they cannot think of better ad) and we have some bozos 
who are trying to destroy some rather tiny studios who applied product 
activation. This other group would be better to demonstrate against war in 
Iraq, or Vietnam(is that over there? lol) or whatever, whales rights, 
drwarfs right, female voting etc?


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