Hmm... No answer.
Are you still there?
I'm going on holiday next week for two weeks so I won't be around too much. But before I go, I have a few suggestions for you and maybe you will like them (or maybe not).
1) I am going to PM you a list of games that use Starforce. It is not a complete list but it is still likely that you will find a game on there that you have already installed on your computer. When folks realize that they have already installed a Starforce game without problems, it usually removes their fear.
2) Visit the
www.rushforberlin.com forums. If you want to know specifically what has happened to people who bought the game, there is no better place to look.
3) For every piece of software that you download onto your computer, you must agree to the Terms and Conditions (also known as an EULA or End User License Agreement). One of those conditions is that you do not hold the software creator liable for any damage that is caused by the program. I believe this is even the case for Microsoft Office. So if you see this, it is not unusual to have it in any contract. Conflicts between different softwares is always a possibility.
Now if none of these work for you, I think you should perhaps consider asking Paradox to allow you to download a different game from them. As you have not installed it yet, the legal copy server "checker" has not registered your copy of the game. Therefore, they may not object to you deleting the install file and downloading a different game. It seems like you are a very loyal community member of theirs so I guess they would help you out on this.
From my perspective, I would like you to enjoy the game but I have to accept that the voodoo that they (anti-sf folks) do worked on you. It just happens to some people. We all hold our PC's as valuable assets and when anyone tells us that our treasured possession could be in danger, we react defensively. It's just Human Nature.
In your case, what could happen is that you would install the game, play the game, remove the game from your hard drive and forever live in terror that the risk you took with RFB would one day lead your computer to explode. The slightest perceived problem that you encountered would start the bells and whistles screaming "Starforce". Any future problems that you may have would be blamed on Starforce.
What this really means to me is that Rush for Berlin would not serve the purpose that is was intended to: to give you an enjoyable experience.
You having fun and enjoying yourself due to what we made is the bottom line for me. But I don't think it is worth it for you if you don't get that experience.
We made the decision to use Starforce to protect what we invested a great deal of care, attention and effort into. By doing so, we also had to accept the fact that some people just won't be interested in buying it. The audience who won't wait for the stolen version to be cracked is a larger market than the anti-sf crowd. No copy protection would cost us more.