Mark42
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I was talking to my brother about video editing software the other day. I was amazed at how much some of the higher end stuff runs just to edit home video. My bro is a big MAC user, and has 10's of thousands of dollars worth of MAC products (and the rediculous failure rate is why I don't buy Apple stuff. Nearly every piece of equipment he has bought has has catastrophic failure within 3 years.). Anyway, he told me that he downloads lots of software from the popular download providers like Limewire and Frostwire.
So I gave it a try. I own a current version of Video Wave editor which I paid about $60 for. I was able to find it on Frostwire in 10 seconds. Down load it with a validation key in about 15 minutes and have it up and running in another 5 minutes. And the manufacturer accepts registration as if it is valid. Amazing. How do they get away with that? I pay for software, but someone else can download it for free? With a valid registration keygen that is accepted by the manufacturers site as a valid key? WTF???
I thought downloading music was a bad thing, now I see that pretty much anything can be downloaded for free through these free services.
What gives? How do they get away with this? No wonder the cost of software is high.
So I gave it a try. I own a current version of Video Wave editor which I paid about $60 for. I was able to find it on Frostwire in 10 seconds. Down load it with a validation key in about 15 minutes and have it up and running in another 5 minutes. And the manufacturer accepts registration as if it is valid. Amazing. How do they get away with that? I pay for software, but someone else can download it for free? With a valid registration keygen that is accepted by the manufacturers site as a valid key? WTF???
I thought downloading music was a bad thing, now I see that pretty much anything can be downloaded for free through these free services.
What gives? How do they get away with this? No wonder the cost of software is high.