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Are you for real? Seriously man, you seem to produce the most amazing amount of non-sensicle drivel in order to attempt to validate a blatant HACK! The original analogy was reasonable, except that I don't think the keys were left in the car. I think some lowlife stole them or just plain broke in. You DO NOT OWN THE CODE! You PURCHASED A LICENCE AND A LOCKED CODE THAT YOU AGREED TO UPON LOADING! If you lease or rent a car, you may over time pay more than the worth of that car. This does not mean that the car is yours to keep. In my own honest personal opinion, you now strike me as being an absolute idiot that randomly rants and raves about only semi related incidents by a somebody/nobody that made a statement somewhere else.
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I think the anology would be a little closer if you described it like this...You got to a car Showroom..Pay full price for a car you believe you are buying...the salesman never mentions to you that you are leasing the car, you drive the car home...on reaching for the service manual you notice a small slip of paper that tells you you are only leasing the car...
after you have parted with your money...
Do you think you would have a case in court to show you'd be conned...damn straight you would!
Thats why so called "shrink wrap agreements" have been shown not to be enforcable...you don't get the agreement until
after you have purchased the product.
You buy the software in good faith...only after parting with the money are you told its not actually yours to do with as you please...
They are called "coercive contracts" as they rely on an asymmetry of information...the vendor holds all the cards and you the purchaser are at a disadvantage.
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Answer these questions honestly if you can:
1. Was the game purchased with a locked code?
2. Was the code HACKED (by whoever and whenever doesn't matter at this stage)?
3. Was there any official "nod" for this code to be hacked?
4. Do you support the code hackers / mods / whatever you choose to call them?
5. Would you still be so blaze` and proud to stand up for them in a court of law?
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There is no such thing as "locked" code, there is software...and there is software...1C wrote part of the game files in a particular proprietry format..what that format is has absolutely no legal bearing on anything...it could have been written in swahilli and it wouldn't matter...
When you say "Hacked" you actually mean...modified by legitimate purchasers of the game to improve their own gameplay experience...
Why would there need to be an "official" nod? Every single Flight Simulator, no wait...let me not narrow it down every single flight, combat, naval, racing etc etc simulator has been modified by its community...
Yes I support the efforts of legitimate users who are trying to improve the gameplay experience for people...in exactly the same way as I applaud the hard work of skinners...campaign writers, utility developers etc etc...whats the difference?
In court! Don't make me laugh..not only has nothing illegal been done, but what software publisher would want to be seen taking their customers to court for modifying their software for their own personnel use? Thats just a joke!