clsteve wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I keep saying this but it needs to be said, if you buy the product we'll give you the best support we possibly can. <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Unfortunately, buying it will no longer be enough. We will now have to register it and be subject to the whims of your protection system, which appears to place secret files on a deep level of our hard disk, amongst other things. We must give you our money - fair enough, and then be beholden to you forever - not. >>>>>>>>>>> In the end paying customers determine the survival and continued improvement of the product you purchased... <<<<<<<<<<< Assuming most contributors to these threads are paying customers, and the ratio of expressed opinions is typical; this is definitely a concept Curious Labs needs to keep in the forefront of its collective mind.