Steinberg have seemed to release country specific versions of Cubase

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I just bought a copy of Cubase 7 from ebay USA, and I live in Australia.

When I went to activate it, I got an error saying that I have entered a "US Only" version and that I will not get any support or updates if I choose to proceed with the activation!

I'm pretty angry about it, and have written to the place I bought it from (not their fault, but it wasn't listed on the ebay listing)..

Steinberg have done this on purpose to control the market and distribution - I should be able to get it anywhere!

does anybody else have any experience or information about this?

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They do it so they don't get undercut by someone importing the product from a market with a weaker currency.

I guess the alternative would be that they charge the same relative price regardless of the market.

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well now I'm out of pocket and time. I wouldn't have bothered if I had known.

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Cubase now comes in Pal, NTSC and Secam flavours.
Orion Platinum, Muzys 2

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Couldn't you use a vpn?

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I didn't know they could make a host specifically for country music. I'm impressed!

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agit wrote:Couldn't you use a vpn?
This is indeed a simple solution to at least get registered. Although, I have to ask what use is Cubase support?

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The Borg. Resistance is futile. I would just go ahead and install. Support is going to come in handy if you have a problem with your hardware key. If you bought that in Oz (with an earlier version) they might help you in Oz anyway.

In general, support has been something that I have needed only to fix installation issues. Bugs etc are more things that I have learned about (workarounds etc) from the forums. I almost never go to the forums these days.

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dubfonik wrote:I just bought a copy of Cubase 7 from ebay USA, and I live in Australia.

When I went to activate it, I got an error saying that I have entered a "US Only" version and that I will not get any support or updates if I choose to proceed with the activation!

I'm pretty angry about it, and have written to the place I bought it from (not their fault, but it wasn't listed on the ebay listing)..

Steinberg have done this on purpose to control the market and distribution - I should be able to get it anywhere!

does anybody else have any experience or information about this?
Caveat emptor

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Have you solve your problem ?

I have the same issue .

I have not got this warning message but after activating I noticed that my license listed as Cubase 7 US .

I think you should try to return it as you have not informed by the seller that this us US version .

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