@SeaMus. It's understandable to be concerned when the process isn't perhaps fully understood, however I feel you are being much more concerned than there is reason to be.

The registration process is easy and simply and reliable. Every BiaB customer uses it. Are there pages of problems being reported? No.

Once registered, you can use the program without issue, no look-up to PG Music, no Internet connection, nothing.

If you have an image backup of your hard drive, and it crashes, just restore from the image. There is nothing else to do. BiaB will be there, and it will be registered OK.

And think of the great new features esp. RealTracks that are available with the later releases.

BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones