Starcraft 2 - worth buying?

[Nystul]

There was a recent court case about circumventing DRM in order to use a product legally being legal. Here is an article about it.

With that ruling, it might actually be completely legal for somebody to hack SC2 so that it is playable without the re-registering every 30 days. You purchased the right to play the game and so breaking the DRM in order to do so isn't actually breaking any law.

I'm not a lawyer, but I think electronic freedom dudes created a lot of panic by vastly overstating the scope of what the DMCA was really about to begin with. In any case, when Starcraft was introduced, that law didn't exist. Blizzard still required users to have a valid CD key and insert the CD into the tray. Blizzard didn't do that to prevent legal users from playing the game without the CD. They did it to prevent illegal users from playing the game without buying it. But oddly enough, the game got cracked pretty quickly (although playing on b.net maybe was another story).

Software companies use anti-piracy measures with the hopes that they will work. Even if they only work for a couple months it would be a big victory. It is not about just throwing it out there so you have grounds to sue people based on the DMCA. Bottom line is that this trend will continue as long as people have persistent internet connections and buy the games.