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I recieved my ultrapak today, what a compact hard drive, installed all on my new computer in less than an hour, and have been fooling around all day, then I started reading the 320 page manual and 2010 update book. Now the question I have is in regards to the license agreement. I downloaded the hard drive to my workhorse computer, now I want to either install or run the hard drive on my music computer which has my audigy card, midi, etc. it's not setup for anything else. Will this cause a problem with the license agreement or am I good to go.
Critter
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Most licences mean you run the program on one computer at a time. So if you have 4 flatmates and all of you are using your copy the cyber-bobbies are nay yer friend.
I move my hard drive between machines, upstairs and downstairs, I did however put a copy on my largest machine which never leaves the room. The netbook has the hard drive here beside me in an easy chair and if someone has a problem or asks a question, I plug it in and run band in a box, test something, and reply, close the program and un-plug the drive.
If something seems wrong to you, it probably is. Like opening a training facility with 10 practice rooms 10 teachers and cloning yer version. NO.
I carry my copy of a novel from room to room and lose no sleep over that.....unless it's a good book.
John Conley
Musica est vita
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I don't know how different Canadian copyright law is from American, but I think there is a question of fair usage when the same PERSON installs an application (as opposed to an operating system) on more than one of HIS OWN machines. Clearly, it is a copyright violation to install an application on multiple machines used by different people. By no stretch of the imagination can that be considered fair usage. In fact, it's the textbook definition of a copyright violation. But when a single USER is availing himself of the application, that's another kettle of fish.
I make a habit of PAYING for the intellectual property of others, which is why I buy my music from Amazon and iTunes (or directly from the artists). But when I buy tunes from iTunes, I have no qualms about converting the files to mp3 and burning them to disc so that I may play them in my car. That is clearly an example of fair use.
I installed BIAB 2010 on my desktop, which proved a dubious decision for more than one reason. So, I also installed it on MY WIFE'S laptop. I know it's "HERS," but she won't be using BIAB. I will (assuming it runs okay). I didn't uninstall it from the desktop, however, and I have no intention of doing so -- unless I need the disk space, which may be likely.
I must admit, though, I like the idea of installing BIAB to a portable drive and schlepping that around. Having the BIAB app and files on a disk other than the Windows boot disk seems to be a good idea. If that works out, I will uninstall BIAB from the fixed drives of both computers.
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That's good to know. It is only me that uses the two computers so I won't feel guilty anymore, Thanks.
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