I agree that 2K Games/Irrational is going a step further than most. And I'm glad I got the game.
My bitch is just with DRM in general. Lasereth's viewpoint is fairly common, but IMHO misguided. DRM does not prevent games from being pirated. Ever! In fact, not a game has come out that didn't have pirate copies available freely for download within days. Sometimes before the game even hits the shelf. So how does the DRM help? Many say, "It prevents the average user from making copies and distributing it". Bullshit! The average user isn't GOING to pirate games anyhow. The people that would CAN, and WILL often, at least in the sense of copying their own copies for personal use.
Protective measures are crap. They have a fairly poor record of killing fair use. EULAs are under fire yet again for trying to
circumvent or prevent the
Doctrine of First Sale. The harder companies push to "protect" their assets, the more they alienate consumers. Seems like bad business to me.