This point is not relevant. What does that have to do with anything. The software doesnt require an update to work on a new computer. I didnt buy the software, remember. I bought a license to use the software. The software I have works. I just need it on a different machine. If your hard drive with the authorization on it failed, then what? Should you have to pay Waves hundreds of dollars to use what you bought?? If thats the case, they need to spell that out pretty clearly. I dont own the software, all I own is the right to use it. Thats all I ask for. To use what I already own, on whatever machine I have at the time. If I have to upgrade to work with a different OS, or a later version of my recording software, that is another story. Thats not what this is about.