Karen, On the CL website it says that this is the way it's going to be. Why do you come in and say let's wait and see what happens? That's crap. It has been decided and it's a safe bet the company that will be taking care of it has a contract in their hands. I don't think anything that is said here is going to change a thing. And they are banking on the fact that they have ads in most of the graphics magazines that I read and that they will get a new customer base. Time to break out my Lightwave manuals and start learning in earnest. Wake up and smell the coffee people, THEY DON'T CARE. I brought this question up when they had him on the Spotlight thing on the front page of this site...and I don't believe I got an answer then either. I specifically asked about this type of copy protection. I wouldn't be so concerned if I wasn't watching companies go belly-up right and left. Marque