The fact of the matter is... honest people will pay for the software and dishonest people won't. I haven't heard of a copy protection scheme yet that hasn't been cracked and the software distributed. So what is CL really doing? To use the car analogy, they are putting a 9 digital combination lock on our car doors. So we sit there everytime we want to get in the car and dial the combination (5 left, 9 right, 27 left, etc.). The bad guys come... look at the lock... laugh hysterically about the stupidity, then break the window, open the door from the inside and drive away with your car. It's insanity. I've said it before and I'll say it again... their copy protection scheme does nothing but annoy the legitimate users. I'm sure within a week people will be posting to the board that they see Poser 5 on the warez sites... or kaaza... or wherever it is they it shows up. Thanks for looking out for us CL... (snicker)... we REALLY appreciate you making it easy for your customer who keep you in business, while making it simple for the people who hack your software - who will be able to bypass this stupid register code. (SMACK!)