Software companies come and go, but the software should remain usable. This type of copy protection is a NO-WIN situation for legitimate customers. When Curious Labs dies, my software DIES. THAT, is the real heart of the problem with this form of copy protection. Sure, I may be able to use the program on my old machine. But I upgrade about every other year. Once I upgrade in order to better use the latest version of a program, if the developer of that program is no longer in business, then I'm out of the hard earned money I've spent. This is a hobbie for me. I hope to make it a career. Now that I've heard many other major software companies have this form of protection, it will make my purchase of a high-end program more difficult. Thanks for the information folks. The points of hassles with contacting CL for codes, etc, has been interesting. But this is one fact that cannot be disputed. Once CL goes bye-bye, so does their software, and I can't afford to lose that kind of money. TygerCub one less potential customer