I'm sure if they "pull the plug" on their authentication servers, they would probably release a patch that would get rid of the copy protection altogether. There have been many games in which the developer released the game with copy protection, and then patched it out in a later patch.
I think it's kind of dumb that you have to authenticate every ten days rather than just authenticating once, but I have a constant internet connection that rarely goes down, so it won't really be a problem for me. I don't really see how this encourages piracy, since most people who want to play the game will probably buy it just to avoid the hassle of being bugged for authentication every ten days.
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