Im glad to hear our friends here are respecting our right to make a living:-) Id like to tell you a bit about the computer industry and software piracy. Software piracy does have a big impact on software sales. There are people who pirate for the pleasure of pirating -- they dont even use the software. The are not the big problem -- the big problem is casual piracy. The pleasure pirates make software available to the casual pirates. Casual pirates DO use software. And there are far, far more casual pirates out there. They could afford a $500 computer. To me, that means they can afford a $200 software product (or can start saving their lunch money to eventually get it). Because of casual pirates, software protection continues to get more and more intrusive, because casual pirates ARE defeated by it. Software protection costs money, so vendors don't like to use it. But its either that or stop developing the product. Dont think about big companies like Microsoft. Think about vendors who support 10-20 families. If piracy on a title increases by, say, even 5%, someone will lose their job. If it gets very bad, the cost of development becomes too risky, so the technology gets sold and everyone loses their jobs. If you come across a Warez site, report it to the BSA (http://www.bsa.org). They really only help their own members, but chances are, there is a BSA member who is being ripped off on a Warez site. And they do act. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software