Andrew Kirk (PACE) Welcome to PACE Anti-Piracy and http://www.iLok.com Daniel Haver (Native Instruments) NATIVE INSTRUMENTS :...

Jules

The hopes for this 2 week long forum are: To connect music software users with the designers & manufacturers to get a dialog...

Jules

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Jules

I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every single participant. Your feedback is important to us. I would...

IMSTA

hey guys, im sure you've all heard horror stories on lost dongles, strict re-sale policies etc etc. with that in mind have you...

rhythmtech

Does PACE make more money on transfer fees or the rest of the business? Every time I have to pay a $25 transfer fee, I feel like...

JustinAiken

Hello guys, I've been engineering here in Indonesia since 2003, owning a studio since last year with 4 rooms operational....

Ribbonmicguy

I've always wondered what the measurable effect is of piracy on software sales. For example; What happened to the Steinberg...

Koed

What does it cost to develop a piece of software, can there be given any estimates? The problem is obviously that the end users...

Geert van den Berg

How about a longer Grace Period on a new ilok - try 30 days with unlimited account changes. This would help me a lot when I need...

hipass

How about the concept of the interface as the dongle. I'm sure the technology is available for a chip to be in the interface...

caledoniamission

I'm very anti-piracy, but I get very frustrated with some of the anti-piracy protections that have negative impacts on legit...

TRA

Hi guys, this is for the pace reps :) Since we pay a 'zero' downtime fee, would it be possible to match an ilok to user and...

mac black

Your copy protection is very unobtrusive and didn't inconvenience me in any way when I purchased them... :thumbsup: I thank...

JustinAiken

Somalian pirates make money by holding ships/cargo hostage and selling it back to the original owner at a discount/ransom. Or...

Entrainer

Dongles, product activation, encryption, education and registration keys have this in common: 1) It annoys your customers...

author

This forum will close - Tuesday evening (GMT) 2nd of June 2009 Then it will go down into the forum's Q & A archive...

Jules

Where does cracked software have it's origin? I am not talking about incidentally physical theft of a software package...

mxeryus

what about make programmes dependant on downloading components (this only goes for actual daw programmes not plugins i...

7161

Would it be an option to start a campaign so studios can advertise with support for the software industry - kinda "We use...

mxeryus

How about blue tooth authorization? :cool: I suppose if the owner of the phone steps out for lunch the session would grind to a...

Jules

I guess this is a question aimed at Andrew from PACE.. Do you think its time to redesign the actual physical iLok? I would...

matt82aust

installs, upgrades, & more fees? dose limiting install, upgrades that lead to more upgrades which lead to yet more...

pan60

why not go after pirated software user and prosecute to the extent of the law?

pan60

Applying the Blizzard model I was thinking about this recently - Blizzard are making the most money (ever) for any video game...

rectifier

Think of this as a 'tough-love' posting. If somebody pays several hundred dollars for a piece of music-related software, that...

jabney

Would it be possible for software vendors to charge per minute or per hour? It seems to me that it would address a few of the...

RyanC

My question might be off-topic, but here we go : The musicians (and the whole music industry) using your tools are right now...

spaceman

You are no doubt I imagine following the ongoing ACTA negotiations. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, the free...

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