Wave Arts drops challenge/response copy protection

[Mats Olsson.]

Kudos to Bill Gardner! Read all about it [url=http://mixonline.com/ar/audio_wave_arts_drops/index.htm]here.[/url] /Mats

[Philip OKeefe]

(From the MIX article) [quote][b][i]"Since cracked software and serial numbers are readily available, consumers are on the honor system when it comes to buying software," said Bill Gardner, president of Wave Arts. "By purchasing legitimate copies of the software they use, they've already chosen to be responsible. As manufacturers, we should be rewarding these people instead of making them jump through more hoops."[/quote][/b][/i] Word. :thu:

[Valkyrie Sound]

Wow... WAY cool! I hope this move will bring them more business and loyal customers in the future! I haven't heard much or used any of their stuff.... I demand a review in EQ magazine for a case like this! :idea: Valky

[Alndln]

[quote]Originally posted by Mats_Olsson: [b]Kudos to Bill Gardner! [/b][/quote]Yep,all the way!Aside from the various hassles of elaborate copy protection that doesn't work in any-way-shape-or-form,some even impose bandwidth stealing(USB)and performance degarading(Pace)schemes.A company like Steinberg would well heed this lead,especially when their on going perpetual beta projects suffer from enough performance issues,let alone a USB dongle.I actually sold my liscence to some copy protected software that I once owned and will only buy now if only a serial is involved.While I have sympathy for soft companies suffering from warez/cracks,I have even less respect for companies imposing performance degrading schemes that are well known "not" to work at all,and just impose them anyway.When the latest version of Logic was released,a software dongle emulator was out within a week,then Steinberg stubbornly went with the same scheme fully aware that it didn't work,now they plan on releasing the upcoming Nuendo 2 with yet the same exact non-working-performance-degrading-scheme.It doesn't get anymore insulting for registered users than that,or more lame.Needless to say I already have a buyer for that license as well( :wave: ).With a non-beta-solid Sonar/Timeworks/Blockfish(free)and a multitude of wonderful serial only or free softsynths/plugs and with my pci/data i/o bandwidth in full no-problem-screamingly fast glory,I aint looking back.Any future purchases from me will only require a serial or I aint buying.I'm a;ready more than happy with everything that I have and can easily stay this way for a long-long-time.In a way it's sad that the warez/crack situation produced this mess in the first place,but I refuse to pay for the situations cosequences with my bandwidth or money.Wave Arts is now a consideration.Excellent and sensible move by them.Their stuff wont be cracked anymore or less now that it only requires a serial,and will be considered for purchase by "smart" users even more now that the end userwont be "punished".

[Philip OKeefe]

Check out the Sonic Foundry thread for a classic example of a 1) company hurt by piracy 2) hurt by their own bad business decisions 3) hurting its customers if if does go belly up because all the software requires a challenge / response...

[ernest828]

I love Waves and am glad they moved beyond this challenge. What a pain in the ass. EJB

[KHAN]

[quote]Originally posted by ernest828@aol.com: [b]I love Waves and am glad they moved beyond this challenge. What a pain in the ass. EJB[/b][/quote]Uhhhh.... It's Wave [b]Arts[/b] . not Waves.

[Jotown]

[quote]Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: [b](From the MIX article) [quote][b][i]"Since cracked software and serial numbers are readily available, consumers are on the honor system when it comes to buying software," said Bill Gardner, president of Wave Arts. "By purchasing legitimate copies of the software they use, they've already chosen to be responsible. As manufacturers, we should be rewarding these people instead of making them jump through more hoops."[/quote][/b][/i] Word. :thu: [/b][/quote]Double Word. :thu: :thu: