The current scheme is unpalatable. As no Mac version exists (yet), this is not an issue for me (yet), but I agree wholehartedly with the spirit and the points of this petition. It will definitely bear on my decision to upgrade or not when (if?) the situation presents itself. I have thus far only bought one software which used a harware dongle (Nissu Writer), and that protection system was eventually dropped. I have refused to buy a software which used a very similar scheme to that apparently used by CL (it was a font conversion software). I have another software which uses the same kind of "protection", but only because I felt it important to support that software. It was not in earler versions of that software, only in the last update I purchased. It is also becoming irrelevant as it is (most likely) not going to make the transition to MacOS X (other than under classic)... I do register the software I buy, for my personal use and from my personal money, or have bought for for my workaday use and from my employer's money. I therefore sign this petition. Only SN protection, please. Hubert Holin Hubert.Holin@Bigfoot.com