Re: Stores Every time I go to Costco (or Sam's club) I have to show my membership card before I can even enter the store. I have to show it again at the checkout stand. Then I have to show my receipt at the exit so that it can be checked against the items in my cart. This last step serves two purposes - it ensures that I've paid for everything in my cart and it also ensures that the checkout clerk didn't forget to put all my purchases in the cart (How many times have you walked out of a store only to have to go back and get something that you paid for but was left on the counter at the checkout? I know it's happened to me a time or two). So, the claim that we are free to enter the store freely at any time does not always apply. Re: Registration I have no problem registering the product. I have to register my car in order to drive it. And I have to RENEW that registration annually. At least with most copy protections you only have to register the product ONCE, not every year for as long as you use it. I have to register my house (can you say title search and property taxes, boys and girls?) otherwise, anyone can claim ownership. I am also the "registered" user of my utilities, telephone, cable TV and computer service, water and garbage service, etc., etc. The point is, we register things all the time in our daily lives and think absolutely nothing of it. We register our pets, our personal property, our transportation, even our dwellings so that we are on record somewhere as the LEGAL OWNERS/Responsible parties. So, given all that, why are so many making such a big deal out of registering a piece of software? Unless, of course, you don't want the company to know you have the software, in which case, if someone manages to steal it from you (via hacked access codes or serial numbers) the company cannot protect your interests. A while back, Poppi had her computer stolen, with the hard drive intact. Now, if she hadn't registered her copy of Poser with CL (I don't know if she did or not) the thief could have registered the copy loaded on her hard drive, cutting her off from updates, discounts, etc. BUT, if her copy WAS registered, then any attempt at registering the product with her serial numbers/access codes/whatever would have triggered an alert and the theif would have been caught. (Ok, that's rather an unlikely scenario, but it's used merely to illustrate a point here). The thing is, a lot of people are forgetting that it works both ways. Not only is CL protected, but so is the end user. It may not SEEM that way, but it IS true. I think a lot of the time people can be just a little short sighted, seeing things from only one viewpoint and missing out on a larger picture as a result. Kate (who will go along with the new protection measures initially, but if they cause too many problems will lobby for changes and adjustments to the system to make it viable for BOTH sides)