Originally Posted by Alrik Fassbauer
Me, I'm thinking far into the future.

I wouldn't want to have a hassle with current copy protections in 10 years because "the big publishers" don't want to patch it away because they believe a game is only a snack for easilyy throwing away afterwards.

Of course, if the heads of such a "big publisher" once decide to take a look at it, then they'll receive an special forged copy-protection-free speciment from the company's fault. Because they're the big and mighty people.

Customers ? They're just Peanuts …

I really don't even begin to understand what you are trying to say here.
If the publisher still exists, an activation/install shouldn't be a problem.
If not than there is most likely a patch available, fan made oder developer made (aka 'crack').

And honestly, if I would want to play a game in ten years I would be more worried about the OS I'm running or the hardware changes, than some evil copy protection conspiracy.