The key here is that any guess is hypothetical. Personally, I am more than willing to pay an extra $32.90 to avoid copy protection. In fact, if CL had just dropped the copy protection and charged $50 more this whole discussion would not exist. Nor am I interested in putting a downpayment on some future piece of software. The current version is what I am concerned about as tomorrow is itself hypothetical. The way things are going when Poser 6 arrives I really won't care. The danger is that too many others may feel the same as I. - Jack