I found pirated Uhe software

[chilly7]

realy kudos to U-he for having a reasonable handle on the cracks...from what Ive seen/heard - they never last - and in this case - I cant imagine a better advert...

Thouse link i found looks like old versions. I read some comment under nis and some people say they work perfectly, some says they work in demo mode.

And what is the wors thing, i was using Google and serched for "uhe au", and the 3rd link is for pirated software and only 4th is link to Uhe web site

[Urs]

i was using Google and serched for "uhe au", and the 3rd link is for pirated software and only 4th is link to Uhe web site

It seems to work well when searching "u-he au"

[chilly7]

i was using Google and serched for "uhe au", and the 3rd link is for pirated software and only 4th is link to Uhe web site

It seems to work well when searching "u-he au"

Maby because i live in Ukraine right now, Google gives a different search result then for thouse who are in Deautchland.

[chk071]

Google usually gives you personalised search results. You asked for it...

[chilly7]

Google usually gives you personalised search results. You asked for it...

but i was searching for "uhe au".
And i have no singel program on my computer wich is pirated!!! Yak!!!
I guees Google gives different search result for differend countries.

[abique]

Anyways sometime people crack then buy, or some people crack because they have no money so there is no money loss...

[Burillo]

Anyways sometime people crack then buy, or some people crack because they have no money so there is no money loss...

...and a lot of times they crack because there are no consequences. just ask Urs about his timebombs and how they relate to sudden hike in sales numbers...

[Urs]

Anyways sometime people crack then buy, or some people crack because they have no money so there is no money loss...

Well, I presume the people who's stolen credit card info was used to buy the licenses would beg to differ.

Also, we of course had to give the money back in those instances as well as quite a few others. In each case there's a bunch of fees involved that someone (i.e. us) as to pay.

[thetechnobear]

If it was my software and I knew the illegal serials # , id be tempted to put out a new version with some 'special features' for these 'users'

[abique]

Anyways sometime people crack then buy, or some people crack because they have no money so there is no money loss...

Well, I presume the people who's stolen credit card info was used to buy the licenses would beg to differ.

Also, we of course had to give the money back in those instances as well as quite a few others. In each case there's a bunch of fees involved that someone (i.e. us) as to pay.

This is not cracking to me, a cracker would make a serial generator or patch the binary to make the function "bool check_license()" to always return true.

In the case the guy stole a credit card and bought license with it to finally share it, shows that this guy has no ethics. But those who will use this key may not be aware of how it as been obtain and may buy the software later.

I think that if you use u-he plugs, join the community on kvr, read the manual, learn with it, share tips & presets etc... At some point you buy the soft because you won't feel right otherwise and it will hinder your creativity.

So, to conclude my point of view, somebody which use the cracked software, will not spend a lot of time with the software or will spend a lot of time with it and at some point become a client (if has the money to become one...), tell his friends that u-he is great.

[abique]

If it was my software and I knew the illegal serials # , id be tempted to put out a new version with some 'special features' for these 'users'

Will this give more money to u-he, or new killers features?
The current solution of serial protection is the best, the most balanced in my opinion.

[Urs]

If it was my software and I knew the illegal serials # , id be tempted to put out a new version with some 'special features' for these 'users'

We do a bunch of those. For instance, we sometimes place a big black dot in the middle of the UI. Clicking it opens your default webbrowser with our product page. We've got 250 unique page views from that alone from April 22 - May 22.

So really, the message is "it's more convenient to buy u-he software than to keep looking for cracks"

[thetechnobear]

@abique, all forms of cracking/hacking/theft is the same, its not clever (they should write software, like u-he, if they think they are a hotshot coders!), and there are no good reasons for it (they should contact the developer if they think they have a good cause)
its done because its anonymous and often lacks of consequences, it 'appears' to hurt no-one. (it does, its damaging many industries)

in reality though, I would say, I think the vast majority that used cracked software, probably don't really use it... or value it, but still not the point.

@Urs, nice... but your more forgiving than me ...
Id delete some system critical files, display a nice message saying "software piracy is theft, have a nice day" , and reboot the 'unbootable' system.
then it will really be more convenient to buy software rather than crack it

[Urs]

@Urs, nice... but your more forgiving than me ...

Well, it works for us... a bunch of those 250 guys who visit our homepage then also buy the stuff. I doubt that they would if we pissed them off.

I must admit though that it takes a lot of "mental conditioning" (for lack of a better word) to make this happen.

[Burillo]

Id delete some system critical files, display a nice message saying "software piracy is theft, have a nice day" , and reboot the 'unbootable' system.
then it will really be more convenient to buy software rather than crack it

that's equivalent to SWAT team arriving at your home with tanks and blowing everything up because you had a parking ticket (OK, even if you robbed or even killed someone). just because you did something wrong doesn't mean anything goes once you're caught. plus, detecting a crack isn't exact science, there are bound to be false positives. even a single user whos system was thrashed in error will make more damage to U-he than any cracks could ever hope to.