Selling Vegas 6, Lisc. question

Jeff9329 wrote on 11/1/2006, 1:38 PM
I purchased the Vegas 6 standalone software from B&H (for $99) in order to get the $149 Vegas + DVD upgrade from Sony. I never opened, used or loaded the software but I did use the serial # in the block during the upgrade checkout.

1. Is this software, Vegas 6, sellable to anyone?

2. Is Vegas 7 operable on two machines (laptop for the field, and my workstation at home)? If not, I may use Vegas 6 on one machine.

3. This is an overall upgrade over VMS 6 Platinum. Is my VMS 6 sellable?

Im still a little amazed that it was cheaper to buy Vegas 6 ($99) and upgrade ($149($249 total)) to Vegas 7 than to upgrade from VMS 6 Platinum ($299).

Thanks!

Comments

jetdv wrote on 11/1/2006, 1:49 PM
1. Yes - but THEY cannot use it for upgrade purposes. Plus you have to go through Sony, tell them YOU are selling it, WHO is buying it, and a new serial number is issued. (see #5 in the EULA)

2. Yes. You just cannot legally use it on both at the same time. (see #1 in the EULA)

End User License Agreement
DGates wrote on 11/1/2006, 1:59 PM
..."You just cannot legally use it on both at the same time. (see #1 in the EULA)"...

That's fine for the EULA requirement, but not at all pratical in the real world. I think many of of have Vegas installed on more than one computer.



jrazz wrote on 11/1/2006, 2:02 PM
It's irrational to think that I would legally need to buy four individual versions of Vegas 6.

Yeah, but it is the law:)

j razz
winrockpost wrote on 11/1/2006, 2:06 PM
well i have it on several computers but i dont use them at the same time,, so no problem, i think its very practical, and very generous ,what are you meaning by not at all practical ?
Jay-Hancock wrote on 11/1/2006, 2:11 PM
This seems to vary with the software company. One of the plugins I own says that after you buy an upgrade version, you are no longer able to install the previous version (i.e. on another machine). Sony doesn't do it this way, fortunately for us (so it means we can use V6 & V7 on the same machine).

The reason your upgrade from V6 is cheaper than from VMS is because they base it off their full retail product pricing, not taking into account any special B&H deals.
DGates wrote on 11/1/2006, 2:27 PM

..."well i have it on several computers but i dont use them at the same time,, so no problem, i think its very practical, and very generous ,what are you meaning by not at all practical?"...

What I meant was that I may be rendering in Vegas on one computer, while working on a photo montage on another, so technically I'm doing something illegal.
fwtep wrote on 11/1/2006, 2:29 PM
DGates said: "That's fine for the EULA requirement, but not at all pratical in the real world. I think many of of have Vegas installed on more than one computer.

You're misunderstanding. He didn't say you can't HAVE IT on two computers a the same time, he said you can't USE IT on two computers a the same time. That's what the EULA says. This allows people to, for example, have a copy on their home system and a laptop at the same time. But *legally* you can't actually have it *running* on both at the same time. (Render nodes are a different thing. Naturally you're allowed to have multiple render nodes running at once.)

Fred
DGates wrote on 11/1/2006, 2:33 PM
Agreed. Don't get me wrong, Sony makes of the this very easy and fair. With Adobe, you literally can't get Photoshop to work until it's been registered online and the computer's ID has been noted.
winrockpost wrote on 11/1/2006, 2:43 PM
............What I meant was that I may be rendering in Vegas on one computer, while working on a photo montage on another, so technically I'm doing something illegal

I aint a saint or a lawyer but I'd say yep, technically and obviously .