Sorry you find "locked to license" objects confusing and annoying.

So far as I know, Vue "scenes" (such as Cold Road) are never "locked to license," nor are atmospheres, Vue Solid Growth plants or Vue materials. I believe it is only "objects" - specific models we free-lance vendors make that can be locked to license.

In particular, I'm very sorry that you find this annoying, but as Bruno and I stated, we are making and putting our models on C3D at prices below our cost to make them. In order to continue to be able to make models, we would like to preserve our ability to make just that small amount of money from our sales to be able to cover most of our annual software and hardware expenses.

Just so that everyone knows, last year, I placed one single "unlocked" set of water models on C3D, as an experiment. This model set now is published on at least three pirate/download sites. I've counted about 1,2400 downloads of that model set. Who knew so many people would want it!

Some fellow calling himself Ir0nBoy seems quite happy to steal as much of our work as he can, and publish it (proudly) on as many file servers as possible. It appears that the more Vue stuff he publishes for others to download for free, the more the pirate file server sites give him free file space and allow him access to other expensive software products at no charge. So, basically, he steals our stuff in order to get free pirate stuff for himself. Very nice!

So, esther, while I really am very troubled by your annoyance at copy protected objects and I regret that, ... I hope you understand that I'm not wanting to help Ir0nboy and the others continue to steal my stuff. Basically, without the copy protection that C3D offers, I would have to quit model-building in favor of a job at Best Buy or Safeway or Walmart or something. And this also would mean that I could not continue to make and post free 3d models for the Vue community, as well. Probably no great loss, right?