Sony stops supporting old versions?

riprowan wrote on 8/20/2011, 8:15 AM
Just tried to install my older version of Vegas 8.0.

At the registration prompt, it errors: Unable to Connect to the Registration Server - ERROR 12002: the operation timed out

When I hit cancel, I have the opportunity to connect to Customer Support to register manually. But the link (https://www.mediasoftwareapps.com/Registration/s3_reg/?RequestType=RegHelp [shortened]) is dead.

So I go to My Support to ask a question about it. That is dead, too.

Is this just a case of failure to maintain customer websites, or is this a matter of policy on old versions?