Whether morally right or not (I don't like it) most countries now have laws on the books forbidding you from modifying software of any type to defeat DRM. I choose not to break the law, so I wouldn't consider using the cracked exe file.
However, if Ubi, as it did in SH3, actually pirates the cracked game from the pirates and releases it officially as the DRM free version of the game then all bets are off.
So according to Ubi, piracy is bad unless... I still say that Ubi commits piracy with its DRM, converting your computer to its own use, removing your legal fair use rights with the software. What is worse, piracy of a piece of software or piracy of an entire computer? I'm not going to jump on the bandwagon for either.
SH3 and SH4 are great games that can keep us modding, playing and strategizing for ten years.
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