Yea making a copy by using a crack is nothing special - but hey neither is making pancakes from pre-made pancake mix - but it still tastes as good. Even so, it's your first step into copying games and it's good to try out all avenues. The first time I copied a game I downloaded a crack and thought g8 this isn't too bad. But then of course came the ccomplications this brings such as difficultly updating the game etc.
And then of course I also wanted to have *perfect* copies as they are better - so I bought a new writer and never looked back.
So keep copying with whatever method suits you.