CyberStretch - Darn it, I'M not a PROPONENT of software protection schemes. I'm a hard-working writer of software who has worked in consumer- and creativity- oriented companies for twenty years. My entire career is DEDICATED to PRAGMATIC ways to bring MORE CREATIVE TOOLS AND CONTENT BUILDING-BLOCKS to AS MANY PEOPLE AS PRACTICAL. NO COMPANY would waste their time with the ongoing hassle and the high consumer dissatisfaction of protection schemes if they weren't OVERWHELMINGLY CONVINCED that it was worth doing so. Why is it necessary to convince YOU of the evidence? You aren't the one who has to make that business decision. I am asking for vendors to respect you enough to: 1. Offer you lots of value for your money; 2. Address the legitimate issues you raise. I am asking you to respect vendors enough to recognize: 3. That they have a RIGHT to protect their hard work. Please don't misread what I just said: I ENCOURAGE arguing over the details, until the result is mutually satisfactory. If cool-headed minds in both camps can recognize that the result is FANTASTIC for everyone, then we can all go back to having fun, instead of paranoid peering over our shoulder to see who is trying to screw us, and how.