Music: I hate the Logic Dongle!

Seriously, I understand the need of the programmers to protect their software, but (this is a big BUT) does the protection has to stand out from my 12" in a way that endangers my PowerBook? I'm still using "Logic Audio 5", but as far as I know, there will be a dongle in my future even after upgrading to the latest release. Said dongle is about three to four inches long, when inserted in my PowerBook, it points outward to the left; waiting to be ripped off by the armrest of an airplane seat or some innocent person strolling through the train I'm sitting in.
The whole setup makes me that nervous, that I sometimes simply refuse to use the program while on the road, sorry emagic.