I guarantee that at some point in the future, if Blizzard doesn't get their heads out of the asses, somebody will crack some future rev of the software to allow

I guarantee that at some point in the future, if Blizzard doesn't get their heads out of the asses, somebody will crack some future rev of the software to allow LAN play and custom multiplayer maps and such, and that that will become the de facto version that everybody plays and shows up on Korean Starcraft channels. All this is is really a fantastically complex DRM scheme designed to keep the "we're in control" ball on Blizzard's side of the table.