The Sims 2 + University

[Joe Forster/STA]

Sorry leckie, asking for a replacement is the only legal way to do it. And, according to the forum rules, you shouldn't ask for other solutions on this forum and no one should provide you with one either.

[leckie]

Please understand i'm not trying to be difficult, but i don't see how my case differs from other ones that i have read on this forum e.g. "Sims 2 CD to DVD Backup" - http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=64391 and "The Sims 2 University Update" - http://www.fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=68751. These 2 threads give advice to copy the contents of your Sims 2 CDs to your hard drive for burning to DVD, and also ways of solving the need for Sims 2 CD4 during installation of the expansion.

[Joe Forster/STA]

leckie, the difference is that the threads you mentioned - and, actually, according to the forum rules, all threads! - are for people who own the original CD. Which you don't (anymore)...

[leckie]

The CD is still in my possesion, i don't see how ownership is defined by whether it works or not. If this does not satisfy you then i don't see any reason to continue to argue my case, thank you for your time.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Uhm, if I understand it right, you have the image or copy of the original CD in your posession, but not the original CD as the physical object you bought. (Okay, you have that physical object, it just doesn't work. Well, then you effectively don't have it. Unless you show it to the publisher, as proof of purchase, and get a replacement.)

As games today work, they require that you put the original CD into the drive. Obviously, the publisher says that it is the CD that makes you the legitimate owner of the software, not the CD image or a bill or something. See http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=70244 at which we're talking about similar stuff.