Halflife 2 - Internet activation and after....?

[evil_pikatchu]

Thx for your replies, but another question came to my mind:
What if you ever change your computer, get a new one ?
(it's the same than selling the game in fact).
I think this online registration is not in fact a copy protection, but a
guarantee for the publisher that each sold copy of the game is only used once
and after that becomes useless, a sort of throw-away game, used once...
Waht do we learn ?
That some very, very clever businessman has find yet another way to get more money for a nice looking, but "full-of-bugs-and-no-idea-how-to-solve-them" game.