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Originally posted by dougieb: The iLok does punish legitimate users... The irony is that the argument that I keep hearing is "blame the pirates"... well the pirates don't have to pay $30 a year extortion fee in order to use the product - they can use it on as many machines as they like - ...

Originally posted by locussst: Originally posted by James Steele: I know of no audio apps protected via iLok that are cracked and easily available. Would you believe me if I told you there are multiple programs out there designed for cracking the iLok? Guess not. IMO, programs that use iLok are eas...

I've got an issue with dust in my studio...getting on the mixing board, etc. I once bought some HEPA filter by Honeywell and left it running and it seemed to do squat. I even thought maybe it was faulty. It did nothing. Does anyone have any recommendations on some sort of filtration system one can p...

I know of no audio apps protected via iLok that are cracked and easily available.

Originally posted by azusa: Let me get back to the beginning of this post: Lamp Post Studio, you still can use a challenge-response scheme to authorize AutoTune. Although I chose to use iLok. I did not pay for the $30 insurance option. Well that's good to know that there's an option. Thanks for poi...

Originally posted by Resonant Alien: What would be good is if s/w that required iLoks just included one with the s/w itself - hell they could even tack $40 onto the price of the s/w if they wanted - I know that seems silly because the user is still paying $40 extra, but sometimes the perception is ...

Originally posted by MT: James, enlighten yourself by searching around on the Nuendo Forum . Enough real-world examples to fill a large container, and the main reason that when I went "serious" with tracking software, I went with DP. MT Edit - They (Steinberg) use a different key, but the...

Originally posted by qo: Originally posted by James Steele: Because there are no PDF manuals, there are probably many users of pirated copies seeking help on boards like this one and others. Yes. And, this is always going through the back of my mind when I answer a question on forums such as this o...

Originally posted by Richard Einhorn: Bottom line: all copy protection schemes without generous grace periods are a potential time bomb for those who depend upon these tools for a living. It's immoral that people pirate. But an intelligent response can never include crippling a legitimate user's ac...

You make good points. All I'm saying is that technology breaks. That's the issue here and it's difficult to make the perfect copy protection. Nobody intentionally keeps you from using your software, as nobody intentionally wanted your iLok to break or whatever scenario might befall you. I respect yo...

Originally posted by MIDI Life Crisis: This is precisely why I have not sold copies of my old manuals on eBay. Frankly, I hate to throw them away, but there they sit... <sigh> Yeah, I just finished tossing out a bunch of my old manuals. I'm a terrible pack rat and finally had to dump them realizing...

Let us know how you like Symphonic Instrument. And yes, as I mentioned above, you can't say that there's an exact correlation with the download numbers. The gist of it was that the update downloads so outnumbered the actual registered copies in circulation that even allowing for multiple downloads b...

Originally posted by Richard Einhorn: JI'm not saying that DP isn't getting pirated, I'm sure it is. I'm saying the rate of downloaded updates is by no means an accurate metric for piracy and MOTU would be wrong to conclude from this that DP is heavily pirated. You're right, Richard. That's why I t...

Okay... that's a good point. Perhaps they could change it so that if, for example, you launched DP with MachFive and MachFive detected that there was no iLok, yet the last time it checked there had been one, it began a countdown to disablement to allow you to have time to replace it, etc? Of course,...

It's an imperfect world out there, Al. And iLok is perhaps an imperfect solution. You said in your own post that your problem with iLok was quickly resolved and that the problem was due to your own inexperience with it? I'm curious just what the issue was that had you stumped that the tech person ha...