Wow, that's crazy, charging you the same price for one single key as they
charged for the hole OS? Not sure what I'd do if that ever happened to me.
It cusks that you couldn't use the recovery partition in that case...this hp
had one but I formatted it, not knowing what it was. Sighs.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]>; "Gamers Discussion list"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks says goodbye to machine based licensing, and
hello to a new Judgment day
Hi Charles,
That would be ok to charge if it was an ordinary license key and it was
lost, but all too often license keys today are tied to a specific computer
and specific hardware. as a result it doesn't matter how well you keep
your product keys safe any time you have to change a major piece of
hardware, get a new computer, whatever you need to obtain new product
keys. Not only is that a major pain in the rear end, but charging for that
key replacement is unfair. often times a customer may need a new license
key through no fault of his/her own. Here is a personal example of this.
Back in February 2007 I went out and purchased the full retail version of
Windows Vista Home Premium, upgraded my system, registered it the whole
deal. In all I had about $225 wrapped up in the software, and had expected
it to last a while. Well, in June of 2007, about 5 months after I
purchased Vista, I moved and my computer didn't survive the move. When I
hooked it up, tried to boot it, to my surprise the motherboard had died. I
had to go out and replace the motherboard, processor and memory which was
cheaper than buying a new computer. Well, when I booted the machine Vista
began screaming bloody murder that I was pirating the software, and of
course Vista's keys are totally hardware specific. I called Microsoft in
hopes of getting a new key or registering my current key with the new
motherboard. I explained to them exactly what happened, and you want to
know what their responce was?
They told me that a new license key would cost me $215 to license my legal
copy of Vista. That according to the end user license agreement for Vista
it is only good for one license, one computer, and since I upgraded the
motherboard it counted as a totally new license. In other words my
computer died through no fault of my own and I needed to pay $215 to
replace the software I already purchased legally 4 or 5 months earlier.
Honestly the way Microsoft treats their customers it is no wonder there
are cracked copies of Windows XP, vista, and Windows 7 floating around on
the internet. After getting screwed like that I absolutely hate, despise,
and loath Microsoft. If Linux had all of the audio games etc and stuff I
use on Windows I'd tell Microsoft were to go, and it sure ain't heaven.
Charles Rivard wrote:
> On charging for a replacement key, I can see the developer's point of
vies. They have to take their time that could be spent on further
development and programming of games to send gamers a replacement key, so
why should we not pay for it? If you buy something from a store, and then
you lose the key that allows it to operate, you're gonna have to buy
another one. Why shouldn't games be the same way? When you buy games, it
is generally stated that you should store a copy of your unlocking
information in a safe place, away from the computer for future reference.
If you don't, and then you need the key again, guess whose fault it is
not? The developer's. So, pay for a new key. Plus, although it may not
be a good way to prevent piracy, at least they do get something for the
key, so the pirate doesn't get the game for absolutely nothing.
>
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