I am looking forward to purchasing VSL in the near future but the many threads I have read regarding the current policy with eLicensers scares me to death. So, if a dongle is lost, the user has to pay a 50% license restoration fee on all of the libraries bought? If a user buys $2,000 worth of libraries, that user will have to pay $1,000 just to use them again? That is a HUGE impediment to buying the software. This is 2018, after all. There has to be a better way to ensure security.
I appreciate VSL wanting to protect their product but isn't that quite a harsh policy? Am I misunderstanding the lost dongle policy? I already own a Steinberg eLicenser that I bought for Dorico but have not used it since I run Dorico on one machine only. If I use this dongle and purchase a Viena Key as a safety net, is that enough protection in case of a lost or broken dongle? This whole procedure seems like a time warp into the 1990s.
Any enlightenment will be appreciated as I do want to get involved with VSL.
Thanks.
Jonathan