Just plain annoying... (Score 1)

I think the activation code will only make pirate CDs even more appealing to most potential customers. After all why pay good money for something you don't own and the company keeps reminding of just that, when you can have a CD that costs as litle as 1/100 of that and gives you no unnecessary hassle when installing (other than what we're used to expect from Windows...). It's the same with game CDs that make you use a lot of HD space and STILL demand the original CD in the drive!!!

And remenber. Most of the world doesn't give a f*** about the DMCA