I would HIGHLY understand the procedures like that being done with 3d studio max, lightwave, and all other big name applications, but we are all talking about a $300 piece of software in which is not really necessary. Also will the poser prices go up because of the anti piracy tools they are making for it? Prices WILL go up because of that, which is stupid, like Dragontales says "the people who use illegal copies of programs really don't ever use them for anything worthwhile anyway." I agree so much with that statement, I think the companies are at no loss, because the people who had to drive themselves to search and download a copy of the software, they most likely would not buy it because if they had the money for it, they would have been willing to buy it!