Not all of us are making money from Poser - we use it as a hobby. Unlike your business use, if Poser 5 stopped working tomorrow for some they would lose a sizeable amount of money depending on their income, and were they are located in the world. 2) Unlike Microsoft, Curious Labs' Steve Cooper has alread admitted their company is/has suffering money problems. 3) Unlike Microsoft, Curious Labs hasn't got the other project/software base to support a protection scheme simular to what WindowsXP and OfficeXP use and any lack of sales because of it. Unlike Discreet 3dMax, Poser 5 is not an industry standard therefore doesn't have the community and user base like 3dMax 4x and 5x has to support its growth. Therefore, please - bar the activtion system, Curious Labs and Discreet and Microsoft have very little in common and can not logically be used in an arguement for defense of Cusious Labs. We might protest against Discreet and Microsoft, but in the schemes of things - hobbiests are small fry to them. While to Curious Labs, we are their bread and butter... 3) To some people a hobby is sometimes a very important aspect of their lives. It is rude to just flush their feelings and hobby away with a statement of unimportance. Just because it isn't valuable data, does not make the program any less important. 4) If Curious Labs goes down, registration WILL be the most important worry. Since if you have Poser 5, you will not be able to activate your copy should your format C drive 5) A Pleadge from Curious Labs on THIS forum is NOT a legal binding statement in the EULA which will product users of this software if Curious Labs folds. Please read up on some form of Company law so that you know where you stand, I have - and unless it is a part of the licensing agreement, nothing that Curious Labs says on this Forum has any legal context in the real world.

Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: Partition against present Poser 5 Activation Security System: