I was in a situation where i was producing tutorials for fxphd and had talked to the foundry about doing some for Them as well. So tf supplied me with a license for that. One weekend i was behind on getting a tut out and the license server broke and i couldnt get a hold of support so i did the bad thing and installed a less than ok version. Later i Got the proper version running and didnt Think about it anymore. Oh and i rented licenses when i needed Them for work. Never the less, the crack kept doing a callback and it cost me... Alot! I know what i did was wrong but the approach tf took was horrible! Threats and harrasing phone calls and emails. I lost endless amounts of respect for the Company which is really a shame considering how awesome the support and sales people are.
I honestly Think tf should consider how these things are resolved. I would have Paid for my 'sins' no matter what since what i did was wrong, though Never used in production. But there is no reason to act like they do in these situations. There must be nicer ways to resolve this stuff that reflects the Company better. Peter On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Ron Ganbar <[email protected]> wrote: > I heard a couple of stories as well. > I'm sure there are freelancers out there using Nuke is a less than paid > for manner. And that's not right. > But it would seem to me that on one side, a freelancer simply can't afford > to pay $9,000 for software, and on the other side, the more people use > Nuke, the more it becomes popular and turns into bought licenses by post > houses that can. > Anyway, it just feels to me that, as was discussed in a previous thread, > Nuke is getting too expensive in this day and age. Especially for > freelancers. With Fusion being free, and AE costing peanuts, it's hard to > justify the huge expense, even with Nuke being a much better software. > > Ta > > > > > Ron Ganbar > email: [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309 [UK] > +972 (0)54 255 9765 [Israel] > url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Arvid Björn <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >> Mr. Mail Bag has a good point though. I've heard a lot of horror stories >> on this subject by now. TF is really pushing it to the point of scaring >> away legitimate customers. >> >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Francois Lord <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the info, Info Mail Bag! >>> >>> >>> On 15-Dec-14 22:46, Info Mail Bag wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Over the past few weeks I have had a steadily escalating level of email >>>> harassment from the license department of the foundry. >>>> >>>> To be clear I personally have not used "cracked" versions of the >>>> software. >>>> >>>> I have maintained contact though out, explaining this to them the best >>>> I can but the ultimate result is, the threat to contact / investigate >>>> current and past employers and that if I dont change my story and admit to >>>> some thing I have not done and take a settlement legal action will be >>>> taken. >>>> >>>> As much as I love the Nuke line and now nukeStudio is part of the mix >>>> it makes it very hard but being a single operator I will be moving on and >>>> taking the road of Fusion. >>>> >>>> thank you_______________________________________________ >>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>, >>>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>, >>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>, >> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > -- Peter Hartwig Freelance VFX artist www.spyfactory.tv www.renderschool.com --------------------------
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