Barbarellany; "Anyone who works in relail will tell you that a shoplifter of the caliber equal to the caliber of the warez kids is going to steal from you no matter what protections you put up." I own a retail shop and that argument is not the point sure there are skilled shoplifters out there but most security is aimed at the kids who are not so skilled which makes up the lions share of shoplifting and I am going to do anything I can to protect my livelyhood even if it may be a slight inconveniance to a vocal minority of my customers they don't like the tags or the occasional time the checkpoint system goes off for no aparent reason and I have to search their bags. they say they feel like a criminal and I have to appologize saying unfortunately theres no way to tell the criminals from the honest people it's sad but it's true. i have many friends who think there is nothing wrong with copying someone elses programs onto their computer thats the kind of thief this is aimed at and it will likely do a good job of detering those people