This is an interesting thread. I've held off ordering my P5 upgrade 'cause I just don't like buying a pig in a poke. After reading this thread I may never buy it because I sure don't like what I hear about this "protection" scheme. A simple unlock key that works over & over is OK, but I don't like what CL apparently plans to do. Don't forget, Poser is already a stepchild -- even its parent, MC, abandoned it so who can say what CL may decide to do?