Live 8.0.4 bootleg | Copy protection useless?

[ollyb303]

You think that is bad. Every time a customer support mail arrives at Ableton, Dom kills a puppy. Fact!

I'd heard that, didn't know it was true...

[d-track]

watch out dom!
there are some (very rare, luckily) dangerous, bloodthirsty puppies out there.
dead serious.

[h4nc0]

execuse me here but wtf is dom?

[gunforhire]

All other DAWs have the same problem, why should ableton have "more" problems with piracy than other companies? I just prefer to look at piracy as it is today as a form of "unwanted" promotion, which more or less can't be bad in the long run!

[Pasha]

Think of copy protection, like the door on your house.. It stops the whole neighborhood from just walking into your space and making themselves at home. But, the door itself doesnt really stop people from getting into your house if they REALLY want to get in. Its just a deterrent.

My point is, they have to protect thier assets anyway they can. If they didnt, they honestly wouldnt survive in this day and age. Its like a car dealer leaving the keys in all the cars on the lot! People can still steal the car without the keys, but the odds that they will go down A LOT when the keys arent in the ignition.

+1

[hereschenes]

Indeed, otherwise there will be no Live 9... But why do they try to win the forlorn fight by developing more complex protection algorithms every new version?!? At the expense of performance!

Can you provide evidence that copy-protection affects Live's performance? I don't understand what relevant computations would be running to do with copy-protection once Live is unlocked.

[gaspode]

Indeed, otherwise there will be no Live 9... But why do they try to win the forlorn fight by developing more complex protection algorithms every new version?!? At the expense of performance!

Live 8 4evar!

[Donnie]

Without pirated copies of Ableton I never would have learned it and made the switch.

Same goes for just about every application I have paid for over the years.

[bytheriver]

So... who's going to do the bootleg live8 performance test and compare it to the legit copy then?

[friend_kami]

way to go, telling everybody that its out.
you truly are a champion in fighting piracy.

dumbass.

[$4mU3l]

way to go, telling everybody that its out.
you truly are a champion in fighting piracy.

dumbass.

Just another evidence of incapacity from a person which only reads the subject line instead of tracking the whole topic. Hush never changed nor antagonised a blemish in the past. If you think so stay hushed and don't try to administer me orally nor try to affront me!

[funky shit]

owned.

[funky shit]

execuse me here but wtf is dom?

Ableton employee. Head of tech support. Mod of the forum.

[starving student]

owned.

[djsynchro]

So what are you saying? You bought Live but the cracked version is lighter on your CPU?