"I won't be using P5 until the silly copy protection is removed. " Err, then don't. After the initial registration, it's out of the way and painless. CL has said numerous times (here, PoserPros, RDNA, etc) that P5 users won't be left in the lurch. If someone else buys up Poser, they are obligated (as part of the purchase) to honor all existing agreements with current customers. Also, as you've said, it has already been cracked, so if CL goes under and by some odd circumstance does not provide the keys, you already have access to a ready resource for cracking the software yourself, so what's the problem? /P