There's no doubt in my mind that Steam is a big load of Steam, but Valve seems to think there's a need for massive control. I've often thought of Valve as another Microsoft greed corporation, but that might be pushing it a bit.

Steam is Valve's way of trying to control the copyright issues abroad, and with good reason. The internet has brought good and evil for publishing. Software is easily distributed across the internet and easily downloaded by those who know where to find it. So Valve's main concern was to protect its ‘new car' from thieves. Well, ok, cool; -- however . . .