No software company will be FORCED into doing stuff like all the invasion and spyware in XP (and much much more in future versions). There are other ways to go that don't ASSUME that every single user is a likely thief. As I said, this particular protection scheme by CL is NOT the main reason people are unhappy - it's just a symptom of an overall trend that makes many people very VERY nervous. A trend that does not HAVE to happen, unless complacent people let it. I am among the many who will NEVER own a computer with XP on it, nor will I sign over full ownership of everything I ever create to some greedy software company just so I can access my own damn files.