!!Statement Release !! for information's sake...we didn't START The Poser software calling home. That has been in place since Poser Pro 2014. And we intend to continue it. There is a path to extend the time allowed before the software is required to phone home again. But otherwise this is what it is and will not be changing.

It was to be expected and I think that most Knew already " Sometimes we just want to hear the facts "

I support Poser allot even if it is with "Fan Art" I do my best to get Impressive models for Poser and since I do it I even give more then half out for free for a Period of time! This situation is making me feel really baad " Not because I fear that they could shut my SM Poser down as this will not happen " I feel baad for the customers that invest as much as they can by buying models for Poser and have to fear that one day it will say " Game Over " they will loose it all not only Poser but also there whole collections.

especially now that La Femme and future models will not be supported downwards. so for those they better make sure that they invest in products that are downwards compatible or at least with DS . In case of another shut down like the one with Smith Micro " Trust your Instinct " and not in what they tell you to make a Profit.

on my side I feel bad as the models I release are very neat it also makes Publicity For poser , it helps them gain customers for something I do not agree at all. How will I feel if one day my customers will not be able to use what I offered to them because of the Poser owners ?

I know of allot of People that save up for a model as they have not much for a living ! some do not even have a Internet connection at home they go to a Internet Cafe. some can not really afford having a stable internet connection " Even I am not in Possession of a home Internet I use my mobile phone to access it " if I need a better line I have to go to the restaurant !!!

Getting to the Point is ... this system make Sportring costumers depend on that call home feature " Not the Pirates as these do not care " they make sure that there collections can not be Locked by any other instance. If it goes down like it did with SM then the costumers will suffer . And believe me they already search for a Possibility to ensure that there older 11.1 Poser versions can remain activated " It is like the farmer that will take out hes shotgun to protect hes Property " as these for sure do not even want to risc loosing there entire runtimes build in the ast decades. These even invested in expensive Backup drives to Prevent any loss. so how far do you think a collector will go to protect he's stuff ???

Bondware !! what you do is just totally wrong ! towards the Creators and Towards the customers , and now I have to feel baad for every Item I sell towards my customers as I have to tell them that they depend on that Call home Kill Switch using there models in the next decades.

Poser alone is not worth anything if you do not have the Creators for it, if you do not have these to support it , if you loose the ones who teach others how to use it and these who will tell others how great it is . as there will not remain many that will be able to do so with a good conscience