Nope.. That's 100% False... Software Industry Hype with a double helping..
NO-CD Crack/Patches DO have valid uses:
1) Prevent wear and tear on hardware and cd media. After all the companies are more than willing to replace your CD if it get's scratched beyond use.. NOT.. Granted some will replace a broke/damaged CD.. for a fee.. but they don't have to.
2) Convinience... The ability to use your lone drive to play audio CD's while playing a game, perhaps you just don't wanna hear the ingame sounds/music.. and would rather kill terrorists to the sounds of "Flight of the Valkeries", or "Anarky in the UK"...
3) Playing your legally purchased game. Suprisingly enough, some people are unaware that SecurROM 2/3 & 5 (HL2 uses 5), is incompatible with certain CD-R/RW / DVD-R/RW drives, and as such prevents legally purchased versions from runing. A No-CD patch is currently the only way to play the HL2 game you purchased with your money. (Liscense or Direct ownership arguement not withstanding).
SO no No-CD patches are NOT only for Piracy.
I know I've used a No-CD patch on all my The Sims games (Purchased @ retail for over $200 total), and I've had little to no trouble with the game, or any of it's expansions. Morrowind tech support even told people to go get the unofficial no-cd patch to fix problems with their game, until they could release a official patch that removed the CD protection checks, because it was AFFECTING their LEGAL CUSTOMERS use of the product they purchased.
So please before you make blanket idiotic statements, please check your facts, and learn that the Hype the software industry puts out is just that Hype, to make them look better, while they trample on your fair use and consumer rights (What you don't think your elected congressman had YOUR best interests in mind when they (those that did), voted for the DMCA do you?)
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Nope.. That's 100% False... Software Industry Hype with a double helping..
NO-CD Crack/Patches DO have valid uses:
1) Prevent wear and tear on hardware and cd media. After all the companies are more than willing to replace your CD if it get's scratched beyond use.. NOT.. Granted some will replace a broke/damaged CD.. for a fee.. but they don't have to.
2) Convinience... The ability to use your lone drive to play audio CD's while playing a game, perhaps you just don't wanna hear the ingame sounds/music.. and would rather kill terrorists to the sounds of "Flight of the Valkeries", or "Anarky in the UK"...
3) Playing your legally purchased game. Suprisingly enough, some people are unaware that SecurROM 2/3 & 5 (HL2 uses 5), is incompatible with certain CD-R/RW / DVD-R/RW drives, and as such prevents legally purchased versions from runing. A No-CD patch is currently the only way to play the HL2 game you purchased with your money. (Liscense or Direct ownership arguement not withstanding).
SO no No-CD patches are NOT only for Piracy.
I know I've used a No-CD patch on all my The Sims games (Purchased @ retail for over $200 total), and I've had little to no trouble with the game, or any of it's expansions. Morrowind tech support even told people to go get the unofficial no-cd patch to fix problems with their game, until they could release a official patch that removed the CD protection checks, because it was AFFECTING their LEGAL CUSTOMERS use of the product they purchased.
So please before you make blanket idiotic statements, please check your facts, and learn that the Hype the software industry puts out is just that Hype, to make them look better, while they trample on your fair use and consumer rights (What you don't think your elected congressman had YOUR best interests in mind when they (those that did), voted for the DMCA do you?)