"focus on some new gee-whiz features. That's how you defeat pirates, by making a large amount of people want to buy your software, respect your company, and reward your efforts." Though I see your point about creating a loyal following of users by constantly adding new "gee whiz" features, I can't see how that will defeat piracy. A loyal user base can help reduce losses, but it won't totally eliminate the losses that piracy creates. The unfortunate part of the dilemma is this ... the programmers that have the ability to develop and program those "gee whiz" features are very much in demand, and companies have to do a lot of wooing to get them. The more "gee whiz" a program is, the more it costs to develop it. So you have to generate more sales to compensate. Vicious circle, innit? 8-) Denise