Think again. Its pirated. Or its a scam. Its from the same class of people who are pimping 'new rolexes' by spamming you. Dont post a link at KVR, or anywhere else. In fact just forget about it.

Here's a spot-on post from rbet from another thread, which actually merits being sticked...



EDIT (for those who would rather miss the point than think a little bit about why this is referring to links to 'OEM' versions of full software like Logic or Cubase)

This post pertains to the allegedly 'OEM' versions of current, fully-featured full-version software that folk find being sold for ridiculously low prices online, on sites which sell nothing else. In other words, to sites selling warez.
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also if something is too good to be true it almost always is.

What if I find expensive OEM software then??

you see rule #1 "THERE IS NO 'OEM' MUSIC SOFTWARE"

What if a new company called 'Only Expensive Music' comes along selling audio software?

Then they are setting out to limit their audience from the start!

That a rediculous statement. Of course there is legal OEM Software - also in music. Take this as an example: http://www.musicstore.de/de_DE/EUR/Best-Service-Galaxy-Stein way-OEM-Software-/art-PCM0007701-000

It is a great piano at a great price and 100% legal. There is even an official upgrade path from bestservice.

Then, special OEM version of famous sequencers etc. are regularly shipped with hardware gear.

And any company can decide if they are allowing OEM licences. Theer is no general rule. It is also possible and legal to sell OEM software without hardware - at least here in Germany. Have a look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer

However, I aggree that obne should be suspicious about sites that offer everything at 10% of the regular price

cheers, akj

I was taking the p!ss and highlighting there was no need for the word "cheap" in the subject line

I think a good summation would be to combine post #1 and post #2 in this thread. Put those together, and there is little to dispute. And to be honest, 99% of the sites claiming OEM software is being sold are selling illegal copies. Also, OEM versions that come with hardware aren't normally CALLED that, and also aren't for sale on some internet site as full versions with an extreme discount.

So common sense would say that even though there CAN be OEM software in the music world, most isn't legit and you can tell right away.

There have been a large number of posts recently though asking about "OEM" software and if the deals are real. So I think this needs to be mentioned.

Brent

you might want to learn what 'OEM' actually stands for.

The easiest way to see if they're legit or not is if they carry Cubase 4 or 5. If they don't, you know.

Well there was; people post the links here because they think they've found cheap version of the software. They wouldnt bother posting the link if they thought they'd found normally-priced versions, would they?

I know very well what it means. But if you look at real life, OEM Software sometimes has a reduced feature set and thus actually equals light version shipped with gear.

yeah. shipped with gear. not sold on some obscure russian website. that's the point.