At 12/4/11 05:20 PM, Cross666 wrote:
By the way if you get those violation errors kicking in and you don't own a license, I hope you're using a proxy because that's also NI's software shooting their servers your IP information. Have fun with that
Don't answer the door if the boys in blue come knocking kiddies.
Native Instruments does not have the legal ability (nor the care) to have you vanned. All they can prove is that you cracked your software, either legitimately or not. That and IP's aren't accurate enough to prove somebody's location, really all you can do is notify their ISP about the crime and request the customer information, which hopefully requires a warrant. And he'd be better off with a VPN, not a proxy :)
Anyways, I got NI Komplete (NFR) legit, but I won't lie, I am a pirate. From what I have seen, usually audio programs have the worst stability with cracks because of the extent of the material that have to be removed/worked around. And considering all it takes in terms of anti piracy is the program supplying one little error or audio imperfection, it's not exactly a precise science. I'm to a point were I don't bother pirating audio software anymore because of how unstable the software usually is.
There are thousands of free VST's on the web that are only a google search away. I get that Massive is an irreplaceable synth (at least in my opinion), but until you are in a position to be able to buy the software you are just better off using the alternatives.