You've figured it out! This whole discussion forum, the Screenblast site, and the Movie Studio "product" are all an elaborate scam so that Sony, a company with some $57 billion in income, can get you for $99.
I haven’t received any demo license either. I have to admit that I have been unable to find the demo download link on either Sony’s site or Sonic Foundry’s site. I know some have given the direct URL here in the forums, but look at the URL:
Notice it ends with step2.asp. Where is step1.asp? It’s not accessible! There is no link pointing to this page. If you click on the link on that page to select another product, it takes you to the master download links and Screenblast MovieStudio is NOT on there!
I deduce therefore, that while someone may have found this page, and the page actually works, it has not been “officially” added to the Sony or Sonic Foundry site yet BECAUSE they are not set up to send out license e-mails yet.
I know they stopped offering the downloadable package for sale about a week ago so I’m not sure why pryderi would wait that long without getting a registration code and not be on the phone instead of appending to a support forum. Makes you wonder the validity of the post (vulgarity aside).