Regardless of his reasons, someone with a legit copy is going to want a crack anyway
Lets just have him edit his message and continue a discussion about it. This is securom 5 which means its an ideal game for a mini-image. Perhaps someone with a copy of the game could take 5 minutes and create one? Steps for doing so:
Start alcohol 120%
start making an image of battlefront
set your speed to 300k
cancel at 2%
do not delete the file
voila a mini image
try mounting it with Daemon tools while using Starforce Nightmare to disable your optical drives.
(also make the registry change if necessary)