[PrinzMegaherz]

I'm amazed that this otherwise friendly atmopshere has come down to personal attacks between posters.

Anyway, I still think that this CD check is useless.
Why?

For every major game out there you will find a download spot and the appropriate crack to make it work. By now, Dominions 2 played in a minor league, consisting of fans willing to pay money for the game.
This might have changed with increasing popularity, and I wonder how long it will take until you can find a "non Spyware" starting exe for dominions that simply skips the part where the data is send.
If you really want to play dominions 2 without buying it, this method wont stop you. It will, however, annoy those Users who bought dominions 2.

I personally dont care about this, but I can see Norfleets point to a certain degree