You downloaded Starcraft off of the internet for free but you really want to go online and play against your friend how do you get online capabilities without actually owning the cds

Purchasing the game is the easiest and fairest way. Besides the game is cheap. If you REALLY want to play online for free, ask someone for their key.
<><><> There are people who host private servers, you can connect to those which doesn't require a geniune cd-key. *** Not trying to encroach but I believe the easy route right now if you have the game downloaded and installed to go ahead and just buy the software key. Find a website trusted by blizzard (there is a couple REALLY big "key retailers" out there, and you can obtain a completely legal key from any game like starcraft, diablo, world of warcraft (install key not game time) counter-strike source, Crysis, ect ect It beats paying $20 for two ten cent pieces of polycarbonate. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE (for everyone reading) Download the game (Filefront, Gamerzhell,Steam ect ect) and then buy a legal key oh btw the keys run 4-10 dollars, save yourself a lot of money.