EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Fernstudio wrote:
> We need to
> get used to the fact that copy protection is here to stay for the time
> being.  The best thing for us to do is to encourage that it not get in
> our way too much.  If we hold a valid license, that we are able to use
> the samples freely at any time without having to wait for the next
> business day while we get a new key or WHY.

See, that's the bad point about copy protection.
Obviously, all the various copy protection schemes only need to exist due to piracy, but IMO things are pretty much getting too far
sometimes. There's more than enough people going like "Buy things legally but use the crack" - for whatever reasons. The first time
I read this comment was by a Waves users. Shortly thereafter I became a beta tester for them - and I immediately knew what this
comment was all about. In the end, one of the reasons for me to quit testing for Waves was their ultra lousy PACE implementation
back then (it seems to have gotten better, but it was enough for me), causing all sorts of weird problems (for clarification: I
didn't use the crack instead but stopped using Waves products entirely).
Then there's dongles which might get broken or stolen. Then there's challenge and response protection - believe me, it will ask you
for a reauthorisation out of the blue during an important production. And, following Murphy's law, just at that time the website of
the company will be down.
All this doesn't happen with cracks - so, not only that those folks don't pay for their stuff, no, they even have less troubles.
It's really sickening.

- Sascha