@Another User said:
Under certain circumstances, we will allow a person to terminate his or her license, and another person will license the samples from us
What are the circumstances? Would one need to submit a request, and then wait for a robed trial board of VSL judges to rule on the request? In other words, this transfer policy could be very lenient, or very difficult. The policies have not been revealed.
Keep in mind, that a Digidesign or MOTU product is VERY different. Mutliple people can use a MOTU rig. If you left on a three month summer vacation, you could let a friend use your studio and MOTU or Digidesign rig for that period of time. You can rent out this equipment. That's not the case with VSL.
If VSL's transfer policy were straightforward, and matter of fact, it could easily be abused. What would prevent me from selling you my library for $1,000 with a stipulation in the sales agreement that you must sell it back to me two months from now for $1? In other words, if VSL library licenses are freely transferable, people will essentially be able to "rent" them with sales agreements. The current renter would simply transfer the library to the next renter.
On top of that, having these libraries be so mobile will make it completely impossible to ever determine if a library was properly used by an actual owner during the time that he/she owned it. Perhaps VSL has already given up and thrown in the towel on being able to do this.
It just strikes me that if VSL moves away from the "sacred" trust of one library to one composer for life model, they're opening themselves up to a scenario of complete relativism and situational ethics. Ambiguity will make it very difficult to sell intangible assets.
Regardless, it would probably be a very good idea for VSL to get serious and spell out the specifics of their new VI license transfer policy. It seems people are making assumptions about transferability, and they might be very surprised and upset when the actual letter of the law is revealed.
From a legal perspective, I would think it would have been better for VSL to state that the license transfer issue was under consideration, but nothing has been decided. Maybe the VSL lawyers have already left for their Xmas vacations. [;)]
Lee Blaske