Microsoft DRM circa 1998

I've just been installing Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 (I'll give it a quick post by the end of the holiday), and was amused by the DRM:


I haven't tried it, but I suspect that the process of making an installable copy is as simple as ignoring that notice and copying the contents of the CD. You don't even need the disc in the drive to run it!

Oh, happy days. Now even the £5 Spore Creature Creator requires periodic online checking that you legal copy hasn't somehow become pirated - although EA have said that they will remove that part from Spore itself (although online activation will still be required). This Penny Arcade on the subject is quite funny.