kimhill, a regular poster over at dv.com, has noted that Adobe has started to implement product activation for their software. As kim says:
I know that piracy is a big problem, but this is a bummer.
It is indeed a bummer, and for many users of Vegas 3.0 it was a reason to jump ship to another platform when it was implemented by SoFo. Consequently, I can't say it did my ulcers good for a time to know that SoFo's future was in doubt, and that with their eventual dissolution, so too was the future of my copy of Vegas 4.
You can construct a few different scenarios wherein software you've payed for becomes inert, totally useless, as there are several (potentially fragile) links in the chain required to get key codes that match up to your system's profile -- yet everyone informed me that these worries hold little water as I don't actually own any software I've purchased :/
How do you feel about Sony's implementation of key-code activation, and if it rubs you the wrong way, what can be done?
Here is the link to the original thread (you need to have a dv.com account to view):
http://dv.com/forums/showReplies.jhtml?sid=1&fid=10&tid=117300039
Here's a link to an interesting story about Intuit dropping product activation after customer backlash:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1088341,00.asp
Here's fairly good writings on product activation:
http://www.eweek.com/print_article/0,3668,a=42420,00.asp
http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/activation.htm
- jim
I know that piracy is a big problem, but this is a bummer.
It is indeed a bummer, and for many users of Vegas 3.0 it was a reason to jump ship to another platform when it was implemented by SoFo. Consequently, I can't say it did my ulcers good for a time to know that SoFo's future was in doubt, and that with their eventual dissolution, so too was the future of my copy of Vegas 4.
You can construct a few different scenarios wherein software you've payed for becomes inert, totally useless, as there are several (potentially fragile) links in the chain required to get key codes that match up to your system's profile -- yet everyone informed me that these worries hold little water as I don't actually own any software I've purchased :/
How do you feel about Sony's implementation of key-code activation, and if it rubs you the wrong way, what can be done?
Here is the link to the original thread (you need to have a dv.com account to view):
http://dv.com/forums/showReplies.jhtml?sid=1&fid=10&tid=117300039
Here's a link to an interesting story about Intuit dropping product activation after customer backlash:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1088341,00.asp
Here's fairly good writings on product activation:
http://www.eweek.com/print_article/0,3668,a=42420,00.asp
http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/activation.htm
- jim