Jolt said:she had broken her game cd in an accident, and she thought that legitimatly gave her permission to go into eMule and just download it.
Well I wouldn't think so... I had an experience like this were I broke my disk for CM 01/02, I almost got banned from the forums for asking about a "Cracked CD"
I don't know if this means that your friend was correct... or if the company were just nice, but my first option if I broke my CK/EU/Vicky/HOI CD would be to ask around the forums to see if Paradox did this.
Anyway... I don't really have a problem with registering a game, even if it is a little annoying and with some of the larger companies (NOT Paradox) a bit 'big brotherish'