>but it does stop thirteen-year-old Joey

No, it won't. See, if thirteen year old joey knows enough to install a game, he also knows enogugh to download a game with bittorrent. Only 5 or so years ago, If you wanted to download some game, you had have knowledge about IRC or Usenet or had to have a friend who knew someone who ran an FTP. But times have changed. Today, you go to some well-known site (Say piratebay) and download the torrent, the UI of the new clients is so easy to use that a six year old could work most of the stuff out. As soon as the DL is finished, you follow the step-by-step instructions provided, and you're good to go.

Remember, Joey doesn't have to crack the game. There are people who do that for him. And if he still can't figure it out, he'll probably just ask his friend johnny who is good with computers.