Well, all of that is in ADDITION to what the 4.0.2 patch did. Basically, they reissued the 4.0.2.118a patch and changed the splash screen and logos to the Curious Labs logo. The "spying" is the same type of thing that Adobe does. It checks on the local area network for other copies of Poser running with the SAME serial number. That's it. See the letter from Steve Cooper on the main page for further details on that. HTH,