ookami, re-read that same paragraph you just quoted from me. If you don't have internet access on that machine, you just call them for an unlock code. Uh... no... THAT was my point exactly! Now I have to call them... joy... joy! Do I WANT to call them?! NO! Do I WANT to waste my time on hold or talking to someone... I have better things to do with my time than to sit on the phone waiting around for an unlock code for a $300 piece of software. "people who bootleg software NEVER pay for software" That's a falicy. You seem to think there are only two groups: good, honest users and warez kiddies. The truth is there is a lot of gray area inbetween. Right... there's (a) the people who try it and then buy it because it's good... and (b) the people who try it and don't buy it because it's crap... and (c) the people who toy around with it... get bored and move on to the next thing... and finally... (d) the people who like it but don't buy it. Ok... just assuming that those are the basic categories... are they losing any sales from category (a)? Nope. In fact, they are gaiing sales. Loosing sales from category (b)? Not really... those people who probably just return it anyway and definately wouldn't be repeat customers. What about (c)? Perhaps a few. And finally (d). Yes... (d) people suck. But I don't feel like being punished because they suck.