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If NewTek was worried about people pirating a standalone LightWave they could just include a REAL dongle. I could handle the concept of a joystick port dongle if it would get me a copy of LightWave without having to buy a Toaster. It wouldn't be much trouble to take the dongle home with you if you want to to some modeling in the evening. Of course you couldn't leave the Toaster rendering while you are working at home, but most license agreements say you can only run the program on 1 machine at a time anyway. For companies that need more than 1 copy of LightWave NewTek could have "site licenses" or give you a discount on additional copies. Amiga people tend to whine a lot about copy protection or dongles, but 3D Studio on the PC uses a dongle, and most Iris 3D programs are keyed to the machines ID number. Worried about losing the dongle or having it stop working??? May as well worry about losing your Toaster or having it stop working! I'm sure NewTek would be more willing to replace a dead dongle 'no questions asked' than they'd be willing to replace a dead Toaster.