For a while now the software company Stardock has refused to put any copy protection on any of their products, opting instead for a steam-like interface where you must download your patchs by using registered account. They have made many article about how copy protection doesn't work on their main site.

Recently the company starforce, known for their terrible and high incompatable copy protection software, put up links on their sites on where to install Galactic Civilizations 2, stardock's new game. Stardock it outraged by this, as they should be.

http://forums.galciv2.com/?ForumID=161&AID=106741 news article with Stardock's response.