Well, I was all set to run down to my local musician's shop & plunk down my plastic, I was so exalted to hear the VSL samples.
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Not now. Say what you will, protection this, our property that. It DOES NOT MATTER. The only ones inconvienced here are we who pay. *
I had the biggest pain of problems with a CAD program I purchased a few years ago. Because of computer malfunctions, I had to request a reset of the license a few times. My reseller knew me and my situation, but the big shots said, oh no, we can't reactivate that particular computer anymore. its OBVIOUS there are multiple users/computers there! They wanted me to buy a new computer before they would resend my activation. Sorry, but the software already drained my account for the whole year.
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Yes, my wife, I , and our three cats & two dogs are all using it. *Sarcasm*
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For the record,they all hate electronics. The cats would rather shed on them, and the dog, well,
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Agree or not, my anger with the software company & their shinanigans got around to my grandson's ears who asked his friend who "Fixxed" my problem. Upon seeing how he did so, I was even angrier, as it showed me that all the protection in the world does nothing for the paying customer, save to penalize them for actually paying out hard earned money.
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If anyone on the street can get these wares for free, without the hassle of jumping rope & red tape,
do I really want to pay for the PRIVILEGE of being horse whipped every time my computer or software acts up?
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DO THINK about this before replying *
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Personally, anyone buying the software for business, home or personal studio use shouldn't need any sort of activation key. From what I observed, companies would be better set to throw all their protection schemes at the schools & universities, where it seems these things are dispersed into the wild blue yonder.
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I fear that I shall have to forego my music writing twilight years as I would be too worried about paying twice, three times, for a product, and that would really spoil any mood I have to write any sort of tunes.