If that is the case movida, then it appears that you aren't really into using the software. Find another program that does similar - or even better than Poser (if there is one) and I'd bet it has (or will have) copy protection out the wazoo. Pretty soon every program around will have some sort of copy protection - whether it works or not - to stop the casual copying and make it one step harder for the crackers to crack. So YOU won't go through that every time you reformat. Well, I will because to me it's not a great hassle - it's a minor annoyance. I do understand why you're "sick of dongles and all the related crap." I don't particularly like them either. But unfortuately in the real world there are dishonest people who steal from the honest and hard-working among us. To offer no copy protection at all in my opinion is ludicrous. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens to Curious Labs after they begin releasing Poser and the PP with the registration key. My guess is that they'll be fine - because there will be people like me who understand why they are doing it, sympathize with their reasoning and will continue to buy the software as long as they put their hearts into it and make it better - regardless of whether I like going the extra 9 yards (or two minutes to send them an e-mail for the registration key) or not!