Thanks for the clarification on the licence there TEAMER.
Now let me say how your statement makes me feel as a consumer.
It's not fair, I feel Atomix is beeing greedy. I also feel you haven't given this due consideration.
Now let me explain why I feel that way.
On both the Reloop web site and VDJ web site there is no mention of an "Pro OEM Licence", it as if you have just made this up off the cuff?
Nowhere in the EULA is there a mention of "Pro OEM Licence", I know because I have studied it.
In all advertising on line it is reported that the Touch comes with the "FULL Pro version of VDJ8", which according to your web site and has no limitation in regard to length of time it remains valid for, being and I quote, "without any expiration". No caveats that it needs to plugged in once in a while to a particular controller.
As also quoted below we pay for the right, limited to the use of the software, "without any expiration". But not to own it.
"2. OWNERSHIP
The license only gives you limited rights to USE the Software. "
The cost of that is built in to the price of the controller, which I as a consumer would have paid for in full if if I'd have bought that controller / software package.
Consider this Teamer, I buy the Touch, then after lets say for example a year later I want to change controllers, not happy with it, but love the software. The package cost me $899 AUD. Now being second hand it is generally worth 50% of what I paid for it. $450 AUD. But I can't transfer the licence to a new owner, so with out the software which will cost the new owner $400 AUD, it's real value becomes $50 AUD.
Now if I sell it for $50, I have lost $849 AUD, in this example over a year. But it gets worse because I can't keep using the licence if what you say is true TEAMER. Meaning I would have to purchase another VDJ8 Pro licence, which is supposed to be,"without any expiration". This will then cost me another $400 AUD, making the total cost to date to be $1249, all I have to show for the is the software licence I just re-purchased, that's on top of whatever the cost of a new controller is.
*************See what you are doing? You are making both the controller and software worthless to your customers that want to swap controllers, if it comes as a so called "OEM Version", as described in TEAMER's post.******************
Atomix should really consider that carefully!
But if I can, which according to my study of the Reloop & VDJ advertising and the EULA on the VDJ web site, I can. Keep the software, "without any expiration", without needing to be plugged into the touch at any time. Then I am able to retain some worthwhile value from the original purchase.
I have also studied your opposition, Serato DJ and Traktor Pro. Both of which give their customers 2 options:
1. The original owner retains the use of the software if they sell the controller.
2. They allow the transfer of licences to the new owner once the original owner uninstalls the software and removes it from his account. (may also need a receipt as proof of the sale). The original owner is then provided with a transfer key to give to the new owner).
And both of these programs are considerably cheaper for me to buy, at around half the price of VDJ8.
(Understand that with VDJ8, I would be paying for video which I don't need, optional in Serato).
So I don't understand why you too don't offer the same options, as I think it is only fair to do so, having already paid for the right to use VDJ8 "without any expiration".
I hope this has given Atomix some food for thought, and help you to see the perspective of this consumer.
I look forward to your thoughtful response.
Regards,
Ken.