When it comes to MMOS, you are always in beta since they change all the time with updates and content. So technically an MMO is never "finished" until it is really finished by closing down.
Not really, because at the end of betas they usually do a character wipe. They don't do that after release.
When an anti-piracy method is affecting the game for people who legitimately bought it and causing other people not to buy the game, there is obviously something wrong with it!