Maybe the way it's phrased makes it look like a reward for criminals, but in effect it's not much different from the way that software houses often put out old versions cheaply or free. You can pick up any number of computer magazines with cover discs with free versions of old programs with a cheap upgrade to the new one. (Here's v3 free, upgrade to v4 for only $50, RRP $150!) Anyone who paid $150 for v4 might kick themselves and say "hey! I could have paid only $50 too!". But if you buy early you accept the risk that the price will go down. What CL are doing is just the same, except they are admitting that the free version to be upgraded might not have been acquired from the news stand.