Originally posted here by silver-bullets
I haven't read everybodies reply so don't bash ^_^

The newer better copy protection methods never last long. By my esimates most of these are broken within 2-3 days of public release.
tons of stuff is available in cracked form long before public release , client side protection is a joke (shift key and felt markers anyone) . The only chance it has is if M$ pushes drm on the masses and they accept it.(stranger and dumber things have happened)