That is what becomes of you when you trust humans.
You become fat and tasty, and learn to live in a small cage.
Probably, in the next step of their evolution, they will not have wings anymore.

It will inevitably result in the failure of the company. Sorry, that is just the way of the world today. It is easy to say, "please trust us", when it is not ones own company's future on the line.roel wrote: So the same thing with the licenses. Steinberg should trust us, and allow us to copy that license for ourselfs. We are not going to distribute it.![]()
So i agree with the OP. It is bad bussiness to put the responsability of preserving the unique license to its customers.
Let us live happy and free and let us copy without restrictions.
Let us gather together and come up for our rights.
And let us not become as the chickens at my parents home in time... extinct.
That's because those 'wild chicks' are now 'old chooks' who don't stray too far from the roost...ChrisDuncan wrote:And it's been far too long since I've seen a good, wild chick.
They wouldn't even try to sell the license illegally. They'd simply post it on a torrent site, and then untold thousand of people on the Internet would be saying, "Why should I pay for this when I can get it for free?"jaslan wrote: Sure, you may not distribute the license but what is to stop someone from buying the first license legitimately (so now they are one of "us loyal goodhearted customers") and then making copies for sale illegally?
Or they work at the Clermont Lounge in Atlanta.Mauri wrote:That's because those 'wild chicks' are now 'old chooks' who don't stray too far from the roost...ChrisDuncan wrote:And it's been far too long since I've seen a good, wild chick..
I don't know if you can get any of the Elements / AI / etc. versions of Cubase without purchasing them and / or the hardware, but essentially that's what I use them for. The fact that you can also record, etc. is just a bonus.roel wrote:Maybe a good idea should be a "player" version of cubase. One that does not allow to record or edit anything, but that can play back everything that has been made in cubase without any need to modify things, and without the need of a dongle.
kind regards,
R
ChrisDuncan wrote:Here's a true story.
I meet a guy at a gathering who works for a friend of mine. My friend had told this guy about my books. When we meet, the guy says, "Yeah, I just downloaded a copy of Career Programmer from a torrent site, I'm really enjoying it. I guess I owe you some money, huh?" Then he laughs like it doesn't mean a thing.
It's not like I make that much money per book, but to walk up to someone who creates intellectual property - you know, like a song - and say to their face, "Hey, I just stole a copy of your work, really enjoying it" just astounds me. Not so much because of the scope of the crime (it's not like I'm a NY Times bestselling author) but the fact that he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, or he wouldn't have looked me straight in the eye and told me about it.
People simply feel entitled to take what they want without paying, and will jump through all sorts of logical hoops to justify their actions. Mainly so they don't have to confront any internal moral dilemmas.
Sadly, this guy is why software has copy protection.
"A matter of honor" ... simple but brilliantChrisDuncan wrote:If you were charging for your songs I wouldn't download them unless I paid. It's a matter of honor. On the other hand, if you share them for free, hell yeah, why not?
As for trade work, I'm astounded that people behave in this manner. Don't they know that's what You Tube is for?
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