No CD patches arent exactly legal, but they arent illegal either. They are, however, looked down upon because they can help piracy.
There is a legal way to aviod using the cd however. Create a virtual cd drive, make an image of the CD in a .iso file, and the computer thinks that the .iso in the virtual drive is a cd in a real drive, so it lets you play.
NOTE: have ANY virtual devices on your computer will prohibit it from playing any movie encoded with the new MPAA security code.






