Companies with Ridiculous Transfer Fees (Edited title)
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- KVRist
- 132 posts since 31 Jan, 2021
This post is a couple of years old by now, but I agree with jochicago. A nominal transfer is understandable if there are additional costs. However, in most cases, there are no significant costs to accommodate license transfers as it is usually done automatically online. Charging 20% of the current price simply for a transfer, such as one plugin company does, is way too much for something I've already paid for. While there will always be a minority of people who are scammers, companies that trust their customers as a whole build better long-term relations. From now on, I will consider the transfer fee a plugin company charges before purchasing any new, particularly pricey, plugins.
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- KVRian
- 887 posts since 13 Oct, 2006
i would love to buy serum but i dont support companies who forbid reselling.
i like to have my options and freedom.
i like to have my options and freedom.
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- KVRist
- 132 posts since 31 Jan, 2021
Ya, Robindrieghe, the same goes for Spitfire Audio. They don't allow transfers. While I appreciate the free small novalty libraries they give away in their "LAB" series, I am not going to spend a few hundred dollars on one of their vst instrument bundles, if at some later date I am not able to resell it if for some reason I no longer want it.
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- KVRAF
- 2194 posts since 11 Mar, 2003
They're not VST instruments, they're sample libraries. Big difference.sambaji wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:13 pm Ya, Robindrieghe, the same goes for Spitfire Audio. They don't allow transfers. While I appreciate the free small novalty libraries they give away in their "LAB" series, I am not going to spend a few hundred dollars on one of their vst instrument bundles, if at some later date I am not able to resell it if for some reason I no longer want it.
- KVRAF
- 5969 posts since 8 Jul, 2009
Not really. There are many companies that sell sample libraries with easy low cost license transfers: for example all those using the UVI platform (UVI, Acustic Samples, etc)Mr Arkadin wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:07 pmThey're not VST instruments, they're sample libraries. Big difference.sambaji wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:13 pm Ya, Robindrieghe, the same goes for Spitfire Audio. They don't allow transfers. While I appreciate the free small novalty libraries they give away in their "LAB" series, I am not going to spend a few hundred dollars on one of their vst instrument bundles, if at some later date I am not able to resell it if for some reason I no longer want it.
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- KVRAF
- 11095 posts since 12 May, 2008
I think that used to be the case when the samples were open format like wave files, but if they are locked Kontakt format for example, where you can't use it elsewhere, I think the comparison isn't that different now. NI allows transfer of third party Kontakt libraries so it's up to the developer. I don't see why sample libraries aren't often transferrable these days when the sample content isn't available outside the registered instruments.Mr Arkadin wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:07 pmThey're not VST instruments, they're sample libraries. Big difference.sambaji wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:13 pm Ya, Robindrieghe, the same goes for Spitfire Audio. They don't allow transfers. While I appreciate the free small novalty libraries they give away in their "LAB" series, I am not going to spend a few hundred dollars on one of their vst instrument bundles, if at some later date I am not able to resell it if for some reason I no longer want it.
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- KVRAF
- 2194 posts since 11 Mar, 2003
The UVI Workstation is their own proprietary player, I'm really referring to libraries that use Kontakt being pirated. It's easy enough to convert ncw back to wave. I think there are a couple of bigger names that do allow this, but not many. Usually it's only an option if you have some proprietary tech involved (like VSL's dongle).
However, now that Spitfire have started using their own player maybe they will consider licence transfers in the future for those libraries.
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- Banned
- 2525 posts since 4 Jul, 2019
The main difference between vst and sample libraries is being able to demo. No demo and no resale is explorative and unethical. I put up with it because some libraries seem so unique, but I've been caught many a time by a deceptive video and spiel.
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Lectropunk aka influx808 Lectropunk aka influx808 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=544268
- KVRist
- 303 posts since 25 Dec, 2021
Anyone know how much synaspe audio creators of dune 3 charge for license transfer??