This idea that 'we'll-never-stop-piracy-so-let's-just-let-them-get-away-with-it' is becoming a royal pain! We'll never stop crack dealers either, but do you want them in your neighborhood and the cops doing nothing about it? I have no suggestions whatsoever to replace the Challenge Code, but I accept it as a necessary evil. I don't like it, but I'll put up with it. And hope that after my '3 strikes and you're out', CL will 'reset' me without any hassle. If they don't....I'm gonna be one MAD bunny!! I've pre-ordered my poser 5 here in Italy, through CL in the UK and I have no desire to be phoning CL in the States when I've used up my 3 'chances'. But hey....what can I say? Life's a bitch and then you die. There are people in this world who've never seen decent food and clothes in their lives, so who am I to bitch? mac