Yup. EA's current policies with regard to Origin mean that I'm unlikely to ever buy a PC game from them again.

Eh. Steam can't take the licenses away(unless they are Valve games) but you don't own a game when you purchase it.

You have to have Origin even if you get the physical copy.

No you don't. Buy a DVD copy of the game, download a cracked copy. Play legally without origin.

Can't do multiplayer, but there will be "readiness hacks" to get around that irritating requirement...

You still need to install origin to install the game from the DVD. There's no getting around that part. Unless you want to download the entire game illegally. In which case, why did you bother buying the DVD in the first place.

Well, regardless, sharing the game could get you in trouble (extremely long odds, but it has happened), so you'd want to turn off uploading in BT if you downloaded it. (Nobody has ever gotten dinged for downloading anything...just sharing.)

Right, I suppose I worded myself carelessly. It doesn't stretch my mind that someday somebody will try to go after the recipient in a similar fashion to "receiving stolen property..." Whether it sticks is anybody's guess, as it's entirely in the hands of the judges it's presented to at that point.

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