I doubt tueidj will reveal too much information regarding the matter. The less information there is about the process, the less information there is to use to start working on bypassing the process. However, I am fairly sure that all that NEEDS to be intact on the disc is the first 8 bytes. [Note that it is still possibly/probably technically illegal to download an ISO from the internet (depending on country and stuff), but frankly I don't care about that. Provided I had bought a game, my morals would allow me to download it from the internet, regardless of the law. I've downloaded ROMs of games I legally own before, and I may well do again. Where possible I rip/dump anything I need myself (mostly to save time and bandwidth, and ensure proper rips/dumps), but I have no moral opposition to downloading something I legally own. That is all irrelevant though. Maybe I shouldn't post so late at night]