Delixe: After suffering through some truly awful DRM over the past few years I don't really consider a CD-Key even DRM anymore. Certainly not a serious one anyway, little more than a little nuisance. When I see people complain about disc checks and one-time activations it makes me laugh now as the Publishers would have it very, very difficult for us if they had their way. For example if I see TAGES mentioned I will seriously re-consider buying a game even if I really want it, I just don't want that on my PC and the less said about Starforce (or whatever they are calling themselves these days) the better.