As several pointed out, you just have to compare the price of Poser stuff to other 3D goods to realize that it's good value for money. And why is it that? Because many people buy it! That is the only thing that keeps the price down for items that has only non-material value, meaning no value in the sense of raw material. A very simple rule that applies to every market. The almost fanatical community around Poser means that the developers have a huge market for their stuff. To keep that market they need to do two things: - Develop even better stuff. That costs money. - Keep the price down so that hobby people such as myself can buy it The only way to solve that equation is to make sure that people pay for the goods. The more people that do, the more development resources there will be for future goods. vronsky, can you please tell me how we can do it your way? Who will develop the software and all the other stuff if we don't pay for it? How will the Poser community benefit from us stealing? Will the next version of Poser and Vicky/Mike be even better if we didn't pay for the present versions? Sorry, I have a hard time believing that...