There are a lot of people who support Curious Labs totally on blind faith. Or they are just against the voices who are upset about their present Security System in Poser 5. I can understand that some of you tired of the topic, and probably just wish it would disappear. I ask you to please just take a moment and think about the possibility that even though this is boring, or a possible waste of your time that you are misguided in your views and opinions of the situation and arguments and please give me this moment to explain why. I know I have personally spent the last few days thinking seriously about your arguments. I have debated extensively with my partner, with my friends and with others in the community both for and against the arguments that many of you have put forth. I can now see where some of the hostility has come from, and how best to probably try and calm the tensions. Firstly, Im not saying you are wrong to support Curious Labs, or that they are getting unjust treatment. However, I ask that you consider that not all of us are out here voicing are objections just because we want to hurt Curious Labs, or are anti Poser. Some of us are truly attempting to bring to light a issue which could cause our beloved community harm, and we feel it needs to be dealt with. We are not asking Curious Labs to rewrite their whole software; we are not asking Curious Labs to remove and never have copy protection in their software; we are not blind or are ignoring issues that Curious Labs will face with this situation. What we ask for, and have always asked for, is for the possibility for our views to be recognised, and that discussion commence between Curious Labs and the Poser community regarding both Poser 5 Program security, and future security for the end-users of Poser 5. Our requests have been that Curious Labs revisit their present security scheme and acknowledge that there are possible flaws with this system which could hurt and undermine the End-Users requirements. Our issues have been with 1) Users who are not able to use Internet and are not in a convenient position to contact Curious Labs by Phone, Fax, Email, or Mail. Especially for those outside of the United States of America. 2) Concerns with the hardware in which has been used to get the challenge code, since it means that each time you reinstall your C drive (each time you do a fresh install of your OS) you will need reactivate Poser 5. 3) Concern that there is only 3 times that you can reinstall Poser 5 and get reactivation before one has to directly contact Curious Labs for permission to reinstall. 4) That if Curious Labs should happen to close, there is no legal documentation that states that Curious Labs will present licensed users with a means to circumvent the activation process and still be able to use their software. 5) That Curious Labs please open constructive dialogue with the community so that some manner of closure can be made in regards to these issues. 6) That this security system present unneeded issues with some end-users, however will present no problems for the warez community when they get hold of a copy of the software. As it stands right now, none of our requests and concerns have been acknowledged by Curious Labs. At any stage in the Petition against the Present Security system, or in previous threads Steve Copper or any of the Curious Labs team could have come in to the thread, contacted me directly, or started a new thread which would start discussions regarding their security system, discuss our concerns, and even work with us to look at some possible options that might settle this matter. Most of us want to see these issues (as well as all bugs, and EULA concerns) dealt with as soon as possible, and dislike the continued pressure and disturbance this causes the community. However, it is only the poser community who can cause change in this situation, and therefore it must be the Poser Community who need to voice their concerns about the present security system. cont...