"And suggesting that CL is like Enron or Worldcom is not only unfair, it is probably libel." Kbade, get a grip. I'm the one who suggested it and I'll say it again. CL is a BUSINESS, just like Enron, Worldcomm and Nabisco (you left that one out from my original quote) -- they are in it to make a buck. PERIOD! Nothing wrong with that. But we still get to vote with our dollars. And if we don't like the way they conduct business, then we don't have to buy the product. They are not our buddies. Chatting us up in the forums is good BUSINESS. I for one, WILL buy P5. I don't really give a hoot about the protection scheme. I had no problem with Microsoft doing it for XP (which I use happily and willingly). What I WON'T do is behave as if Curious Labs and Daz are my "best friends" and that everything they do is okay. Sometimes in their quest for PROFIT, they'll overstep their boundaries JUST LIKE ENRON, WORLDCOMM AND OTHERS (there, I said it again!) and then they have to be put in their place by US the users. I salute everybody who has complained in this thread. It's our right as buyers to do so. And I DARE anybody to sue me for speaking out! Hah! -(name withheld to avoid lawsuit ;-)