Shrug... 1) R'osity wants to do it, in all practicality they can. You agreed that no contract here with them is permanent when you enter into an agreement with them. Whether that in and of itself is legal or not is up to the first court that hears it. R'osity is betting (IMO wisely) that no one will have the time or money to take it to a Tennessee courthouse. Although, the first person to call the att'y general's office and can provide evidence, can charge 'em with lots of bigger problems, such as the location of the thousands of charity dollars supposedly amassed towards helping the Sept. 11th victims. There has been no accounting of where all that money went. There is also the AOY contest, which is legally questionable. This merchant forum stuff is small potatoes by comparion. If you really want to pound on Renderosity, look up the att'y general's office and charge 'em with wire fraud. All it takes is one phone call (and if I had ever donated to the 9/11 charity here, you can bet your backside that I would've already made that phone call a very long time ago.) 2) No one is forcing anything; alternatives exist. I suggest that merchants who are bothered by the policies here use those alternatives. Let market forces dictate R'osity's policy... it would work a whole lot faster to make things better than to simply yell at 'em in a forum nobody reads will do. 3)Kai - I think your latter theory is the most likely one. See my first contention as to why. All it would take though is someone local to get mad... /P