We are making our copy protection easier and more elegant.
In future, we are storing your serial numbers in the metadata of little PNG-images like this:
We call these image files "License Cards" because they have a bit of the look and, hmm, feel, of credit cards or ID cards. This idea was inspired by Plogue (Thanks @ David!) who have adopted a similar concept for many years.
Here's a fun little video where you learn all about it, including troubleshooting:
So, in short:
- License Cards will gradually replace plain serial numbers across our entire product line
- For now, they only work in Zebra 3, so only owners of a Zebra 3 license will get a License Card
- All owners of the original Zebra 2 + TDZ combo should have their Zebra 3 license in their accounts later today... check it out: https://u-he.com/my-licenses/
- The Release Candidate of Zebralette 3.0, even though being a freeware, can import License Cards under the u-he menu. If you have a card, check out now if it works and activate Z3 before you even have Z3! (This way we hope to spread out our support load for where this is missing in accounts *before* we publish a Z3 beta)
- License Cards work offline, on multiple computers, no internet connection required (this is *no* Challenge/Response or anything)
- A License Card stores the serial numbers for all commercial u-he products in the account, even those not yet compatible, and the embedded licenses are highlighted on the card - handy!
- Zebra 3, Zebralette 3 and future releases will act as "Lightweight License Center", by saving serial files for all products that still require the old user/serial combo
- When multiple License cards are installed, the plug-ins will take the newest licenses they find, e.g. when user names differ
- In future we want to use License Cards to automate license transfers
- One problem may occur: Some email clients may strip the actual license information from the metadata. In this case, try other email client, other way to store attachment or contact our support (we have prepared alternative methods for edge cases)
- Zebra 2 -> Zebra 3 Upgrade for owners of a Zebra 2 license that was purchased prior to Zebra Legacy: Once the public beta of Z3 is available, they should find a link to the 30€ upgrade in their license email
- Upgrade means: Cool, you now have 2 things for little to no extra money. But if you want to sell the one that gave you the upgrade, you're also selling your entitlement, and the other license with it. (Of course, we already have the first cases... picked up their Z3 License Card and now want to sell their Zebra + TDZ
)
Cheers,
- U
Now some software to test it on.......ahum........
What does it mean?
