What´s the point of the new copy protection?

[mivayan]

Archonsod said:
Unlikely. Pretty much every mainstream game since 2000 has incorporated similar protection, and this hasn't really happened yet.

Most mainstream games have intentional bugs if the program thinks you're a pirate? I find that hard to believe.

Depends on why it's being triggered. If your checking against a list of known suspect keys, then those people with legitimate keys who are being flagged have either had their key stolen or else have made it available to the public (breaching their EULA).

Couldn't at least a few legitimate users have their cd key be identical to a widespread one created by a key-generator?

I know with other companies employing similar protection they're usually happy to issue a new key or similar if you can prove ownership.

Yeah, support can probably solve such cases. But I dont want everyone to email support everytime a patch introduces an odd bug.