A license management shouldn’t stop you from using your products, but enable you to be creative whenever and wherever you are. Anti-piracy protection technology shouldn’t restrict you as the customer, but secure your investment. An authorization system shouldn’t get in your way, but support you in the onboarding process. We have decided to adopt a new license management technology that everyone will benefit from to prepare for coming requirements. But now the time has come to put our approach to license management at the center of our attention. We have been listening to your feedback for years, but significant changes need time, and we had to carefully lay out our vision for the future. In every part of Steinberg’s technologies in recent time.

While we put our heart and soul into developing ground-breaking products in your best interests, we haven’t accomplished our promise to provide you with the user experience you deserve. Hello all, For many of you this is the announcement you have been waiting for. This press release came from the Steinberg Twitter account: What do you think of the new path that Steinberg is now taking? Is this a long overdue step?

It is not known whether the new copy protection system will also be used for other Steinberg software products and plug-ins that use the eLicenser copy protection. Couple that with occasional problems that any software is prone to and a USB stick taking up a USB port that you would want to use for more important devices, and it’s easy to see why ditching the eLicenser would be a solid decision. The eLicenser server that authorizes the new version has been known to fail due to the deluge of people accessing it. Moreover, when major updates to Cubase are released, the user experience has sometimes been less than stellar on release day.

When the DAW won’t start or shut down because of a copy protection scheme, you are losing time and money by running software that’s rightfully yours. However, the eLicenser copy protection system, which utilizes a USB dongle and software running in the background, is notorious for interfering with normal operating system operations. Originating in the late 80s, Cubase from Hamburg-based Steinberg is still in great demand around the world and is used in many small and large recording studios, as well as phones and tablets.

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