hey I think the idea is to allow the person who may have obtained an illegal copy to buy in and then legitamize them so they will buy more product. The more people who are addicted to and continue to buy the better even for those who purchased at full price....the name of the game is cash flow...and with the recent economic slowdown cash can flow from the moon and the businesses will accept it... Most of all everyone wants poser 5 and improvements, if we allow others to throw money in the pot so to speak they will have to buy the upcoming upgrades... Maybe the solution is as easy as giving the non-amnesty purchasers something also, gift certificates or rebates to apply toward an upgrade.....an extra license to run it on two home computers....something that is no money out of pocket...