Basically my post that went into never-never land went along most everyone's lines. I DO NOT LIKE THIS IDEA. There are alternatives. Hardware dongles (ughh) with an added cost *unique keys that do require a one-time registration - that way if copies show up in wareze then you know who to sue. I have already decided against other software for this very reason (Office XP and I heard Windows XP). What about the people who sell Poser-related items? DAZ3D? The Artists in the stores? You are cutting your customer base. They will have less people to buy their stuff. Warez people will find a way around this. Trust me. Key Generators? You think of a program that has a key-based system, someone - somewhere wrote a key-generator that opens the program up. Most of us are geeks. We change something on our system all the time. What about us? What if we have a dual-boot system and have Poser installed under each one? I think I heard that CL gave a school a site license for Poser. um...what about them? What do they do if something hapens to a computer and they lose access to the internet and none have a modem in them. (Their internet access could be based on a fed. grant or something) Personally, I don't think the deadbolt analogy gets it. Let's try this one. i bought a great door from this company. I mean this is a nice door. But it isn't squared off and they forgot the peephole. I call the company and they come out, square the door, and put in a peephole. Now they are worried about me and theft so, instead of my normal doorknob and locking mechanism, they put on one of those doorknobs with the 5-button combo code. Now this is a special doorknob, it randomizes its combo whenever it notices that the door has been moved to another house or if the house has been changed (redecorating, painting, etc.). Now to get into my house, I have to call the Door Manufacturers for my new Passcode. Would you want a door like that? Me either. I would start looking for a new door. DonnyD http://www.donnyd.com