ableton's unfair copy protection system

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:36 am

hambone1 wrote:Why is this thread 11 pages long?!

because it's that time of year again and threads like this are always entertaining

god i remember writing a thread in the lead up to one of the other betas "please Abe give us the beta this forum is turning to mush"

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:51 am

forge wrote:
hambone1 wrote:Why is this thread 11 pages long?!
because it's that time of year again and threads like this are always entertaining

god i remember writing a thread in the lead up to one of the other betas "please Abe give us the beta this forum is turning to mush"

Yeah. when you compare it.... It's been reasonably calm.
I guess Ableton learned their lesson with teasing the crap out of us untill the "refresh-your-browser-madness" starts again

A feature list would be welcome though

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:01 pm

<hearty offstage mutterings>

feature list... rrrr... feature list....

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:34 pm

hoffman2k wrote:
forge wrote:
hambone1 wrote:Why is this thread 11 pages long?!
because it's that time of year again and threads like this are always entertaining

god i remember writing a thread in the lead up to one of the other betas "please Abe give us the beta this forum is turning to mush"
Yeah. when you compare it.... It's been reasonably calm.
I guess Ableton learned their lesson with teasing the crap out of us untill the "refresh-your-browser-madness" starts again

A feature list would be welcome though

either that or Noisetonepaws is right and the new motto of Live is "no fun" and they are only going to take things out.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:55 pm

forge wrote:
nebulae wrote:I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but I keep my copy of my key "Unlock.cfg" found in C:\Documents and Settings\Neb\Application Data\Ableton\Live 5.2\Unlock and simply stick it in the right location after re-installing my OS. I've only bothered the hard-working Ableton server once for each version of Live I've ever downloaded. This is a MUCH cheaper solution than Ghost, although Ghost is of course a very good way to go. So long as you're not changing components like CPU or Mobo, this is a perfectly good solution.

Note, I have no clue how this works for you Mac freaks.
AND THERE IT IS!

this thread is hilarious! it has taken 11 pages and the funniest thing of all is that right here, after 11 pages in this simple few sentences Nebulae has given the most straight forward solution to all our poor OCD afflicted friend's woes.

Yeah, it's too bad he didn't want a simple no-cost solution...he just wanted to be pissed off. (I picked that up after page 1, and then skipped to the end.)

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:58 pm

nebulae wrote:I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but I keep my copy of my key "Unlock.cfg" found in C:\Documents and Settings\Neb\Application Data\Ableton\Live 5.2\Unlock and simply stick it in the right location after re-installing my OS. I've only bothered the hard-working Ableton server once for each version of Live I've ever downloaded. This is a MUCH cheaper solution than Ghost, although Ghost is of course a very good way to go. So long as you're not changing components like CPU or Mobo, this is a perfectly good solution.

Note, I have no clue how this works for you Mac freaks.

Same ting. It's in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Ableton somewhere, I think it is.

ColdPack · Post by **ColdPack** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:50 pm

Yes, that would be:

~/Library/Application Support/Ableton/Live 5.2/Unlock/Unlock.cfg

It's a breeze. Buried... but a breeze.

darthstephen... stop pissin' about and do a sensible thing. make music, not reinstalls.

cp

Robert Henke · Post by **Robert Henke** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:35 pm

Pitch Black wrote:<hearty offstage mutterings>

feature list... rrrr... feature list....

No features in Live 6. We gave up features. We just change the startup screen, the package and the marketing strategy. Implementing features turned out to be too exhausting. And none of us has enough time to play with the existing features.
You should all relax, continue discussing uninstalling the installer or whatever feels appropriate and have a great summer.

Cheers, Robert
Ableton Sweatquarter ( 35 degrees. measured outside the server room...)

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:02 pm

Robert Henke wrote:
Pitch Black wrote:<hearty offstage mutterings>

feature list... rrrr... feature list....
No features in Live 6. We gave up features. We just change the startup screen, the package and the marketing strategy. Implementing features turned out to be too exhausting. And none of us has enough time to play with the existing features.
You should all relax, continue discussing uninstalling the installer or whatever feels appropriate and have a great summer.

Cheers, Robert
Ableton Sweatquarter ( 35 degrees. measured outside the server room...)

LOL!

nice to know the abes are just as snarkastic as their software users... ;p

dj superflat · Post by **dj superflat** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:24 pm

new features serve a very important function as an excuse for fairly useless tinkering/investigation, helping us avoid productivity with the almost infinite bounty already provided by live's current feature set. (this thread serves much the same function.)

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:11 pm

Robert Henke wrote:You should all relax, continue discussing uninstalling the installer or whatever feels appropriate and have a great summer.

Cheers, Robert
Ableton Sweatquarter ( 35 degrees. measured outside the server room...)

Oh yeah, well, how many times did you authorize your version of Live before Dominic tore you a new bunghole?

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:03 am

Robert Henke wrote:
Pitch Black wrote:<hearty offstage mutterings>

feature list... rrrr... feature list....
No features in Live 6. We gave up features. We just change the startup screen, the package and the marketing strategy. Implementing features turned out to be too exhausting. And none of us has enough time to play with the existing features.
You should all relax, continue discussing uninstalling the installer or whatever feels appropriate and have a great summer.

Cheers, Robert
Ableton Sweatquarter ( 35 degrees. measured outside the server room...)

yeah, hence the new motto "Live 6: No fun"

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:01 am

i thought it was:

"Live 6: and you thought Live 5's copy protection was unfair... pffffff"

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:09 am

AdamJay wrote:i thought it was:

"Live 6: and you thought Live 5's copy protection was unfair... pffffff"

Alternatively,

"Live 6: Dongle THIS, Byotch!"

Hatchets McGee · Post by **Hatchets McGee** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:13 am

for the record....does anyone know of another software company that would dole out 10 (or 11?) authorisations to one client in the space of 6 months ?

I'm genuinely curious, cos it seems that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay beyond my own estimations of what even ableton would allow, I thought I'd be pushing it asking for 3. i wasted an auth on a virused-to-hell OS...