The thing with the key is also checking if you're licensed, and negotiating with the OS/GPU/display device to prevent you from screen recording it. So the key i

The thing with the key is also checking if you're licensed, and negotiating with the OS/GPU/display device to prevent you from screen recording it. So the key isn't useless. It doesn't stop you from pointing a camera at the screen and recording it that way, but stuff like Cinavia can stop that too. So, the key does matter.