I hope this proves to be a misunderstanding...I hope DAZS' position is NOT that competetive products are illegal (which is the way I'm reading this). ANYTHING made by anyone other than DAZ is competetive with something or other that they've made (or will be when they get through defining terms). Or, maybe that's the point. "Unacceptable" does not mean "Illegal". And to me it's revealing that they used the term "unacceptable" rather than "illegal" (talked to the lawyers have you?); well yeah, because it's not illegal because nobody's sued and brought the issue to the attention of the courts yet. DAZ can protect their intellectual property all they want, but it's the definition of "intellectual property" that is the underlying issue. How can you deem a "method" to be "unacceptable"?. This is nuts and until somebody takes them to court they'll get away with it. I suspect it's the beginning of the end. Without creativity and innovation (which has come from the "outside" modelers/hobbyists/artists) Poser wouldn't be where it is. No Poser, no DAZ. What keeps Poser floating is the incessant influx of new ideas/methods/products which come from "outside". Dam up the source of new innovations, superior products, etc., and... If they had half a brain they'd encourage expansion in all areas. It is the nature of creativity to expand, not lie stagnant in a ditch. After Mike 1 we had a third-party (Massive Mike or whatever the first one was called). When Mike 2 was released well, gosh, golly, gee, there were all those morps to make Mike 2 into a "Massive Mike" clone. Howcome that was "acceptable"?