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>>I bought my copy of 3ds r.3 from an authorized educational Autodesk dealer. I >>payed $826.50, and I asked my dealer and Autodesk and they both said that I >>can use my fli's and images in a professional manner with no problem. Well, I can say this – if I spent nearly three grand on this software when I could have just signed up for a two hour course at a community college and saved thousands, I'm going to be very unhappy. If they're really marketing full versions to anyone with a student ID for 800 bucks, why wouldn't students just buy and resell them for a profit of a couple hundred? I could find plenty of college people who would buy and re-sell the software to me. But I paid the big bucks because Autodesk told me that software going for that low, student rate is intentionally for non-commercial use, and hence is non-upgradable. To clarify to the others, the software is absolutely the same, just the agreement is different. I'd like to hear more about the marketing standpoint of Autodesk. Surely they realise that with software this expensive, they'd better adopt a consistent pricing strategy or they'll alienate everyone…