Anthony: Will P5 try and register online from the machine I install on? I have isolated machines that I only connect one way network wise to avoid hacking and virus infection. The machines I install on are one way meaning they can't see out but I can send to them. Can I complete the installation process on an isolated machine. I would assume of P5 can go onto a laptop then yes. I have purchased software in the past that insisted on a net connection so it could register at a URL. A real pain. Other than that I'm all for the protection. If nobody intends to make illegal copies then its a non-issue. As for the arguement that no copy protections is safe, P5 will be hacked anyway so why bother you can use the analogy of a locked car. Any real thief can break into a car. A brick, prybar and a screw drive and 3 minutes will claim your car. But we all still lock our car doors. Why, if the car can just get stolen? Because the locking reduces the set of people that can steal the car. Leaving it unlocked with the keys in the ignition invites a much broader set of theives ie casual thieves, people who don't know how to hotwire a car but maybe tempted to steal one if its easy enough. Its one thing to have your car stolen even after you locked it and turned the alarm on. Its another to get it stolen cause you left the car door open with the engine running while you ran into 7-11 to buy cigarettes. CL isn't going to stop every thief. Gear heads who really want to steal P5 will crack it with time. CL wants to stop casual theft. There is also the issue of activily protecting your property. If CL does nothing to protect their interest it can be argued their software is public domain. Plus I would imagine P4 will come down in price to the point that even poor college kids can buy it. And looking at the galleries so far people have done some amazing things with P4.