I totally agree with you, but I think that going in under false pretenses...lying about why you are there, etc, etc. is a little weird...maybe a little shady...no, not shady, just...i dunno. It just seems weird to me that someone would go to a studio and try to 'con' some scumbag pirate into busting themselves. Weird...
Oh well, more power to the companies catching the pirates. As an ethical studio operator, I HATE when some a-hole cracks something I pay thousands for and makes money on it. Thats why I am so happy with the DSP stuff. I KNOW I have something that no pirate has!
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Originally Posted by pegleg  I agree that it seems unlikely that Waves is going door-to-door checking such things; there are FAR too many studios around for that to be worthwhile. Someone said something to someone...
I'm not sure I agree about the 'slimy tactic'... If you're not doing anything wrong, you're in the clear. If you are, and someone catches you - tough. You've earned it!
It does seem perfectly hypocritical to me that an industry that's crying about piracy of THEIR work (ie - illegal song downloads, CD copying) has so many people who are happy to pirate software - plug-ins or otherwise. Especially when you're using that software in your professional work.
As someone who pays for plug-ins, I don't think very highly of people using cracks of them. If they got busted by Waves, I'd laugh!  |