I just visited a link here to see what's new in Anime Studio Pro 11, but didn't even get to finding out what's new.  I went straight for the system requirements after reading what they did with Game Dev, and sure enough, the lamers have decided to hold genuine paying customers to 'activation ransom' in order to use products they have paid for.

Checked every SmithMicro product page (Poser, Manga Studio, Anime Studio and MotionArtist) and all of them have the same entry "Internet connection required for periodic product activation service". Time to move on. If the next version of Poser has the periodic activation I won't be buying it either. Not because I don't have the internet connection, not because I don't like Poser, but on principle. Why punish paying customers for the thieves? I just don't get it. And it won't be me they'll be punishing...just themselves. DS looks really good some days... The bloom is definitely off the rose for Poser and me. It's been a long run too. IF they skip that crap activation stuff, I'll continue to upgrade like normal. If not...well, it was nice knowing ya Poser.

Laurie