Poser over-priced?! I think not!! Poser began for me as an affordable way to learn graphics programs, I wanted to learn how to see the images I had in my mind come out in some fashion and because I had never been able to pursue art as a means of making rent it offered a way to both learn more about graphic art AND computer 3d modeling...and begin I did do...consider that along with poser the program there has developed an enthusiastic community of users AND dedicated company to keep Poser moving forward into the future. I have never once felt that poser was over priced, and now with the great customer care and support from Curious Labs this program is advancing even more in terms of its usability. I look back on my first images and I feel like I have really advanced....I know it is from the wonderful program support offered by all the users...and that is really part of the price in the final analysis. Poser is easy to use...really! Curious Labs is extremely responsive to its users and the price remains affordable. I realize also that to preserve the ability for users to update/upgrade features at a reasonble price the warez problem must be solved, I may not personally like it, but I feel confident at this point that CL will remain responsive to the investment I make over time....we will work out the security issue and I trust that they will be reasonable in terms of the user. I think it is still a huge bargain to have a program that comes with its own online super-extended support. Look at all the opportunities we have with Poser stuff coming from within our own community of users!!!! the stores are popping up and include wonderful selections of things....we have even developed a huge bank of free models, morphs and textures. At some point we have to consider the extended support as part of the price, at least in my opinion. Now I personally do not have $1000.00+ for the high end LightWave, but with poser I have learned soooo much about 3d modeling programs, 2d graphic post work, texture mapping, morphing, making things poseable...copyright stuff, ...along with the basic lighting, pov, and how-to-make-the-3d-figure render into an integrated work. No siree-bobby! Poser is cheap for what you get!