Given this theory, a recent example makes even less sense: I bought Company of Heroes shortly after it was released, and it had no copy protection other than a

Given this theory, a recent example makes even less sense: I bought Company of Heroes shortly after it was released, and it had no copy protection other than a serial key for playing online. The expansion pack added a phone-home "feature" or alternatively DVD checks with a message box you had to click away every time you start a game or return to the menu. (if you don't have an internet connection or block its attempts to connect) A recent patch has made this even more annoying by alternating which disc it wants and under certain circumstances appears to completely stop working if it can't phone home. Great when their servers go down. Ugh. I'm sorry, that kind of user experience just doesn't cut it.