Just to back Anthony up (although he may not like the storm that this brings): My God, all this complaining over something that is a MINOR inconvenience on a very few occassions. This issue will only impact you when you first install the software and (maybe) if you make enough changes to your system and/or reinstall the software, or if you reinstalll your entire system. Otherwise it is a ONE TIME THING. The only valid complaint is "what if CL goes under", which of course something will have to be done. People, get used to it. All software companies will be following the lead set by Microsoft. For those of us with legitimate copies of XP, we already have to deal with "checking in with Microsoft" and this is after making only a few changes to our systems (both hardware and software changes). Other companies are taking the lead from Microsoft and doing the same thing. You may try to "vote with your dollar" and not support the software, but eventually you will have to use something that uses this or a similar method since the pace of software development marches on. Face it, with the tougher economic times right now, and the hysteria with which content companies are complaining to Congress (in the US) about lost revenues to piracy, this is not going away. If it is not this method, it will be another. Companies will continue to try all sorts of schemes to protect their content from piracy. Of course it will always be a losing cause, but they have to do something. Also, CL's EULA is very similar to that of almost every other software package out there. As Anthony posted, check copies of your own. They are not asking for anything too unreasonable, and they are being generous in allowing us multiple installs (although single use at a time) of the application). And, no, I am not a CL employee. I am a realist. - Ray