EB Games is known for releasing games to the public early.
I walked into the store as they were finishing up making all of their pre-order calls..and happened to pick up one the last unspoken for copies.
So if your

implied that I obtained the game through illegal channels, think again
I don't think the game HAS any copy protection...honestly, I think you just have to have a copy in the drive, or an image mounted.
Using MiR to make a mini-image of the image I created didn't work though