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Gandalf Parker said:
Everything has its pros and cons. Did you have an alternative?
Its simple programming to control an install from being zipped up and sent to all your buddies by having it examine the machine its on and treat any new major hardware config as a new machine. I agree that its an irritation to provide the serial again when you change your hardware but I dont really have an alternative that isnt more of an irritation.
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Its called a CD-key and trust your customers not to be idiots.
Or you won't have them as customers. I don't buy ANY game with this sort of "protection" on it, because it *will* eventually fail and the you'll be unable to (legally) run the game.