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Half-Life 2 Preloading from Steam
Nos. writes "For those of us using Valve Software's Steam platform, we can now begin 'preloading' Half-Life 2. The article explains that this will download an encrypted version of the game that you can unlock when you purchase it. They only say that purchase options will be available soon."
... someone breaks the encryption or guesses the correct key? Since they will probably allow for seperate keys for each person who purchases a key, the number of valid keys should be fairly large.
Go not unto/. for advice, for you will be told both yea and nay (but have nothing to do with the question)
Again, my point is that it doesn't matter if the downloaded version is cracked. If the game were only officially available on CD/DVD, it would still be cracked and distributed online. The only difference is whether to save on distribution costs for paying customers.