With the software dongle that is being implemented in the Poser Pro Pack, you only need to connect to the Curious Labs website ONE TIME. You have a grace period from the time of installation to make that connection. CL server downtime is not an issue because they are not going to be down for several days straight. If you install Poser on a machine that is not connected to the internet, you can call their offices for the unlock code. For most internet connected users, this process will be invisible and no extra work for us. The only time you would need to connect to their server again is to unlock Poser if you installed it on a new machine or a new hard drive. Honest users ability to use Poser will never be "cut off" unless A) Curious Labs goes out of business AND B) The hard drive you install it all becomes completely un-usable.

Martin you are mixing terms and exaggerating this. Curious Labs is only using methods already established by other 3D Software manufactures such as Newtek and Discreet. I highly suggest that you re-read Steve's posts and the information in the Newsletter with an attempt to understand the new system rather than to feed some sort of conspiracy theory.