Some tech sites are alleging that the leaked copy was, in fact, from the digital download version of the game--an edition we have been told *would* include securom and phoning home. It's not clear as yet whether or not EAxis has violated its promise about the retail edition, so perhaps we oughtn't jump the gun on it.
If it was a digital download, then why do we have to use a no-CD crack with it or whatever? I think it's the CD/DVD version.