And ronknights hits the nail on the head. Take Windows XP. Excuse me, but I have better things to do than "re-register" legal software every few weeks, for example. Thanks to copyright and intellectual rights, software companies have more rights than just about any group. Imagine this scenario... Head off to a car dealership with your new car on a towtruck. "Excuse me, but I bought a new car and not only does it not work properly, but I discovered that it does not suit my needs at all, and it damaged my driveway." "Well, we can exchange your new car for another car JUST LIKE IT, but you cannot have your money back. Sorry." Those are the rights a software company has. I can't tell you how many times I have purchased a game that didn't work with my computer despite the fact that the specs said it should, and the rights of software companies due to copyright protection state outright that I am simply out the 50 - 70 dollars the game cost. Too bad for me.