Yes, it's ethical to do so. Certainly my car will still run if Honda goes out of business. And I'll do whatever necessary to get continued use out of what I have paid for. It's not costing ANYONE any money...but it DOES cost me if I don't use the hacker program and my purchased product fails to run on the new PC. 2) I can't make a call on this one. I would say unethical if the company was filing backruptcy but you said in sad financial state...not sure what that means. I don't like schemes much anyway...but a company has a right to use them. 3) Yes, it's ethical. It happens all the time with many other products. PC being the most viable example. And all sorts of products go on sale after I have bought them. And stores (most chain stores) know when things are going on sale...I've had clerks look them up in the calendar and tell me to come back THEN. Prices get reduced all the time. The company has to make decisions for the good of itself. 4) Unethical. I don't care if the company has more money than it would have. If they have priced it out of range of a lot of potential buyers, that's their problem...but lying to get a copy at a lower price is nothing more than cheating and settling one's conscience by saying, "Well, if I hadn't bought it at THIS price, they would be out THAT money!". If it's not selling as good as it should, then the price should (assuming the company needs the moeny) fall anyway. (see item #3 above) 5) Obviously more unethical, so I don't really need to answer. 6) Unethical. I don't know about the license for Rhino, but LightWave, I think, prohibits making money from sales with the student version. I would think that applies whether in school or out. The intent, I believe, was to provide a product at a cheaper price for educational purposes. THEN, if the person wanted to use the program for business purposes, they would be expected to buy it. Interesting questions. We're expecting a tally...LOL.

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Subject: Yes ... but is it ethical?