I wonder- am I the only one thinking that a dongle is not something one talks about in mixed company? But I strongly suspect that it's actually something 'computerish' that I have never heard of! What the hell is a dongle?? Cheers, Keith in OZ
----- Original Message ----- From: RockyRoad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Finale List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:15 PM Subject: [Finale] Re: The Panic Room > >If it makes anyone feel any better, there is a much worse copy protection > >scheme out there than Finale 2004's challenge-response scheme, and, believe > >it or not, even worse than Sibelius'. > > > >Try upgrading Logic versions from emagic. Firstly there is a brand-new > >dongle that has to be plugged into the USB port (yeah, like that's really > >reliable). Secondly, there is also a challenge-response system by which you > >have to fill in your details on an EXACT piece of paper, in an EXACT > >envelope, with your EXACT original CD and original old dongle to be sent to > >your distributor, at your own expense, who then forwards it by mail to > >Germany. Eventually they email your return code back (mine took about 9 > >weeks). > > Yes. I prayed every night that my dongle would make it there safely. > > > >To make it even worse, in order to upgrade from, say, Logic 4 to Logic 6, > >you also have to pay the full expensive upgrade fee to Logic 5, even though > >you didn't get to use it, it all adds up to a giant "I'd prefer to use a > >cracked version" disaster. I think there's a circle in Hell for the > >paranoid programmers who conceived this rubbish, and I sincerely hope that > >Makemusic doesn't decide to follow their lead. > > And after all the hoops emagic makes you jump through - they won't > give us an electronic copy of the manual because it might encourage > piracy of the software!! > > > -- > > David Stonestreet - Coming to you from Sydney Australia. > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
