User blog comment:Lost Labyrinth/The Sims 3: Showtime announced!/@comment-2103721-20111209195630/@comment-3109473-20111211164450

Actually, if you block anything related to EA in your computer using Little Snitch or something, it's impossible to tell the difference between torrent and retail. To be honest, the pirate version of Spore is better, since it allows unlimited installs per disc (as opposed to the retail version, which allows 5 installs per disc).