I think users just get on with the music not sure if users start shaking every time they use VSL becuase of a dongle
@novaburst : You've probably seen a lot of my posts and you know I'm a huge fan of the VI VSL Libraries, but I can understand why some users would "start shaking" every time they use VSL Libraries. I actually keep my latest eLicenser purchase invoice because of the 2yr hardware warranty pinned into one of my closets just in case something ever happens. I'm actually due to purchase a new one for no reason at all this august just to keep that hardware warranty.
VSL has had the chance to address this problem but instead they chose to go with their Vienna Key Protection plan for 70 euros for two years. For me, I see three problems with this:
- One, 70 Euros is 107$ Canadian with exchange, an eLicenser costs me 39.99$ CDN at my local Long and McQuade music store and the warranty covers me for hardware defects for 2 years.
- Second, I should not be held liable to such care for something I paid a lot of money for. For instance, if I lost my 8Dio library files, I can contact them and they will happily help me, same with East West, Embertone, Virharmonic, etc.
- Third, now that they have implemented this system, they can't ever retract their decision since the suckers that paid this "warranty" would have to be refunded which I'm sure they cannot afford retroactively.
VSL really needs to rethink their whole piracy stance! Today, they're certainly no more special than Spitfire nor Orchestral Tools (I picked these two since they're the most expensive) and Kontakt libraries are sadly pirated daily due to Native Instrument's failure to develop a proper copy protection.
Instead, they're banking on a cash grab of 70 Euros with their dongle protection plan because they're slaves to Steinberg's costly license management.
If they hadn't started that dongle protection plan they could've devised a plan that would be fair to their loyal customers but it's clear that somewhere in their management there's someone that's disconnected from the scene and hasn't gone out since 2007.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I too have to stress that I'm a very big fan of the VSL VI Libraries but I also feel very worried that my investment could vanish with very costly replacements.