A quote from the closed thread:

Quote Originally Posted by Sapi
I'm afraid that this topic is running very close to the line on our piracy rules here at the .org; considering the purpose of this topic was purely informative, I think it's best to slap a lock on it now, before someone posts something that we'll both regret

Personally, I doubt SecuRom's a big issue, anyway - it certainly won't effect my decision to buy the game or not...
Sapi, I don't care if you "doubt it's a big issue anyway". Some of us potential purchasers do care about that. So here's a thread to discuss the issue, and I'm asking that everyone avoid mentioning cracks and just stick to the official release by CA and what it entails.

If this thread is closed just because we want to discuss it, with no overt cracks mentioned, then I will definitely not be buying the Kingdoms expansion, and I'll be spreading that recommendation far and wide across the 'Net. I've enjoyed the CA games and I've tried to contribute to the forums here, but this is getting a wee bit Draconian, when we can't even discuss onerous copy protection as paying customers!

Now, the first question I have is whether or not CA plans to release a tool to remove the hidden SecureRom key after I uninstall the game? Does anyone have any information about that?