Dumb Steam question

[OrphanBoy]

Before I start, I own a copy of HL2 and love it to bits.
I'd like to be able to play the game on my laptop, so I've copied all the gcfs over to the copy of Steam on it, and everything runs cool
I was wondering - what is to stop people downloading account information off warez sites and using those accounts instead of paying for their own copies?
Am I missing something obvious here?

 

[jacen]

I was wondering - what is to stop people downloading account information off warez sites and using those accounts instead of paying for their own copies?

for now: nothing
but valve seem to want to ban multiple logged in accounts.
of course this doesnt affect offline users.

Am I missing something obvious here?

no you are not

 

[OrphanBoy]

So it's still legit for me to play on my laptop (in lectures!) and on my real computer?

To Valve it *would* like a bit dodgy, as my IP for my ADSL would obv be totally different to my uni wireless connection...

 

[ethanbee]

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how this pans out. I'd like to install on my desktop and laptop as well, but I can see how it could look wierd logging in from different IPs all over the city (via wireless).