Regarding Digital Download

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Hey all I've been looking at this website only today and I've really been wanting to get it but I'm a bit worried bout Digital Download and wondered exactly how it worked? what measures are in place so that it can be recovered if any problems occur losing the program etc?

Really annoying about the fact no EU publisher is interested considering the popularity of the game in the US but never mind

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
I got it through Digital Download the other day - here's a copy of the text they send you with regards to 'how it works' - and I bolded the bit that addresses your specific concern :) 

"Thank you for ordering Sins of a Solar Empire!

To install your game you will first need to install Stardock Central (SDC) from the URL above. After you've installed the application, please follow these steps:

1) Along the left-side of SDC, click Games.
2) Now, in the lower-right corner of the screen, click Registration Info.
3) From the dialog box, select Sins of a Solar Empire from the Product dropdown menu.
a. Enter your Stardock.net email address (the same as you used during installation of SDC). In order to prevent problems, it's wise to make your Stardock.net email address the same as the one you used while ordering.
b. Next copy and paste your serial number above into the Serial Number field.
c. Click OK to exit the registration dialog.

4) Once registered, Sins of a Solar Empire is tied to your Stardock.net account - so you shouldn't have to enter your serial number again if you ever need to redownload the game.
5) The Games list should now refresh and display Sins of a Solar Empire under Purchased Games in the main right-side window frame. If it doesn?t appear, please click F5 to force a refresh or restart SDC.
6) Select Sins of a Solar Empire from the list and an Install button should appear beside it. Click Install and follow the prompts. (Tip: SDC will also allow you to update your copy of Sins of a Solar Empire.)
7) Stardock Central will download all the necessary files and install them to your hard drive. Once this process is complete, just click Run to launch the game or use your Windows Start Menu as you would for any other app."

Hope this helps, there really is nothing to worry about!  ;) 
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
As stated above, once you create a Stardock account, and register your Sins serial with it, that information is kept on Stardock's database. Thus, anytime you login to Stardock Central or Impulse (Stardock's new electronic distribution application), it is fully aware that you own the game, and allows you to download, archive, and update the game at any time, on any PC.

I've had a number of Stardock's games for a few years now and it works quite well. I bought a new PC last year and easily used the system to download my games onto the new PC.
-HM
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Ok thank you both, I have had worrying concerns but now after reading what you've both mentioned seems like a very secure/safe system I'll discuss with my parents and see if I can go ahead and download this what looks to be an awesome game
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
show this to your mom and dad
*ahem dear parents of cropper_1 if you want your son too love you forever please let him buy sins of a solar empire it wil be torture for him if he cannot join our fun community besides he does not go complaining for money to go out on saturday night he wil be at home playing sins so pretty pretty please let him buy the game*
and to cropper BUY IT PLAY IT LOVE IT ;)
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
You can always get the box with the digital download, too.