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chainie,
I am getting bored by answering questions which already have been answered on this and other MBs. Asking for help is the last resort not the first one. That is the reason for such a reply.
Now, watermarks in IDA are no protection against piracy in classical way. It means IDA can be copied and used by others without any problems. The purpose of watermarks is to 'label' each and every copy of IDA to its legitimate user. _Almost_ all IDA files have user name and other data encoded in themselves. So, when some IDA version leaks it is quite easy to determine who it that. That is all protection. No phone home or any other limitations.
IDA database (idb) is also watermarked, and when someone is using a warezed version of IDA and gives its output (idb) to public, it is easy to see whose and which version he is using.
BTW, Fravia is up again and those information can also be found at DataRescue MB if you would care to do a bit of search on your own.
Tom
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