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Re:You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have th... by stackreality on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:10PM (#24865696)
They didn't pull the software off your computer. They stopped hosting the box, but you probably bought it at Best Buy and still have it laying around!
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Re:You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have th... by Shared404 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:32PM (#24865813)
> Even with the original install disks

The quoted sentence is what people are bothered by. The program is still lying around on a disk, but cannot be used legally.

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