IF I had gone to bytemonsoon.com last night and set a download (phoneline) for frank zappa's overnight sensation I would have done so for a "once through"-the same goes for software that inadvertantly ends up on my hardrive- if i am going to use it after seeing how it performs i buy it--file sharing has allowed me to become a smart-shopper as opposed to one who buys from the media hype- I bought Jasc's paintshop pro after running it against photoshop 7 based on it's ease of use and it meeting my needs. If my only alternative was to buy blindly from advertising i would have bought photoshop and probably ended up passing on digital photography---how about shareware albums with time limits-the thiefs will still steal but the average consumer (who is going to buy anyways) gets a chance to sample the product :o