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JorgV · 8th November 2009

All that is said before is true:

-Yes, you have to be part of an educational facility.

-Yes, you can buy a EDU-copy and register it. Registration is no different from full version. You should have to prove to the seller (retailer) that you have EDU-status, so the retailer can justify selling an EDU-copy: he has to answer to Steinberg about this, not you. Steinberg doesn't ask you for your EDU-status, they ask the retailer.

-Yes, if you do that but you are violating the EULA

-There are no EDU-priced updates, updates costs the same as full.

-Not sure if you can use EDU-versions commercially

So... just buy the full version ;-) , in the end it is a better investment (as also said before

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8th November 2009	#19
JorgV Gear nut Joined: Aug 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 88	All that is said before is true: -Yes, you have to be part of an educational facility. -Yes, you can buy a EDU-copy and register it. Registration is no different from full version. You should have to prove to the seller (retailer) that you have EDU-status, so the retailer can justify selling an EDU-copy: he has to answer to Steinberg about this, not you. Steinberg doesn't ask you for your EDU-status, they ask the retailer. -Yes, if you do that but you are violating the EULA -There are no EDU-priced updates, updates costs the same as full. -Not sure if you can use EDU-versions commercially So... just buy the full version ;-) , in the end it is a better investment (as also said before )