The way I see this one, it was an obvious case of naivity here. Jks was obviously not aware or he wouldn't have openly admitted it. I'm just happy to see that everyone here is keeping a level head about it and not giving him too bad a time. I think he gets the picture. Everyone is entitled to a mistake now and then without being publicly lynched. I buy all my software (usually directly from the manufacturers) in order to take advantage of upgrade offers and get technical support that you otherwise would not get. I want my own registered copies of everything for that reason. Yes, there are people out there who will always just want a free ride through life and will steal everything they can get, and those folks are ususally pretty obvious, but on the other hand, there are other people who just genuinely make a mistake. His friend was probably just trying to be nice by giving him a copy. This happens sometimes. Friends have offered me copies of things, but I've politely turned them down. They're not criminals, just naive and trying to be generous. He should have privately asked that friend this question, not a public forum. On the other hand, how many honest people here have taken advantage of Napster? IMHO, that's piracy, too. The music artists don't get paid for their music that is freely distributed over the Net. Isn't that warez? Anyone here who flames people for having illegal software should destroy all their Napster music. Oops, sorry. I'm feeling a bit menopausal this morning. Please forgive my snippiness. :) Melanie