reading through all of this has got me thinking back to posts I have made previously. Back when we were all talking about the registration process I mentioned that when (not if) CL folds we could be caught. I never for a moment thought that we could see the possible beginnings of that so soon, but it got me thinking. CL stated that they would release a patch that would remove the copy protection if that ever came to pass. They did this in the final patch release. Should we have seen this coming or not? Did they release it for the reasons stated (due to a majority of users complaining about it)? Personally I like to think it was due to our complaints about it, but it is hard to say now. Even back then I didn't want to see this happen to the good people at CL, but as with all companies, there will be a time when they have to move on. I have only had pleasent corespondence with the people over at CL, namely Steve Cooper, and I regret hearing this most recent news.