Hello, I usually hate to make announcements like this, but due to the recent problems concerning copyright (especially DAZ and the Tailor) I guess I should leak some news... A follow-up to the PCF file format is in progress for a very long time now, but got unfortunately delayed more than once for a variety of reasons. As a matter of fact, I'm working on a good solution for nearly two years by now and the release of a new tool was once planned for late 2001. Because of other responsibilities I had to postpone it one more time then (although it was quite advanced already). I have hope that work finally gets finished this summer, and to release a new tool which will conveniently solve the vast majority of recent problems. Some of the main advantages of the new tool/format will be: - complete PC and Mac compatibility - flexible protection for a wide range of file types - support for multiple files - built-in compression to save download size - customisation features for the model creator - availability for commercial usage - very simple usage for both the creator and users The tool will be available for PC and Mac simultaneously and will be approved by DAZ as an accepted way of protection. I'm terribly sorry that I can't promise a definite deadline (and I actually asked my testers to keep very quiet about it - which they perfectly did...) but in the middle of the recent confusion I though it's a good idea to let people know that the current problems can and will be addressed... Back to work now, I suppose... :-) Cheers, MartinC