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Autodesk loses court battle - Selling your licence


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all the legalities and things are givin me a headache - I've just checked the

EULA on one of my games and that say's nothin about re-sale prohibitions,

at least not in terms a layman like me can understand:P

 

However I still feel that there shoud be a way to "lock" the content on the

cd so as it can't be copied like they do with dvd's, at least that way then it

would help to "Negate" the possibility of piracy.

 

I know that it won't be possible to stop it completly but If they make it

harder to copy couldn't they then just put some sort of clause in the EULA

like "If you choose to re-sell this product, please inform Autodesk of the

change in liscence ownership and provide 10% of your profits - no charge

will be applied to the new user."

 

Am I just hoping for a miracle with something like that to happen?:unsure:

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yes

 

because more than a miracle it would be a new prison for us all.

 

remember jon johansen , hero

 

thus proving any trap that can be made by a human can be broken by one

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All I can say is AutoDesk better stop with the strong arm tactics and let their customers alone. And here is why I say that.

 

The company I'm working for will soon be out of business, but the owner is starting up a small time consulting biz that he wants my help with. He uses a Mac with TurboCAD. I have heard of TurboCAD before but never really looked into it until this morning. TurboCAD does:

 

2D and 3D

Solids

Rendering

Has extensive library of shapes, etc...

and last but not least, works with DWG files both in and out

in short, it seems to do everything that AutoCAD can do

 

and the coup de grâce.... TurboCAD for the Mac is only $150, TurboCAD for the PC is $1,295, which is only a fraction of what AutoCAD costs.

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This has been an alternative for years now. :)

 

yup, I first heard about it at college and wondered why more people werent using it - erm where do be the marketing?

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I've tried TurboCAD (many ears ago) and I didn't like the user interface, but then I didn't like Microstation neither. On the other hand, I did like Inventor from the first try. As you may know, now I sell Bricscad as an AutoCAD substitute and Alibre as an Inventor/SolidWorks killer :)

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TurboCAD is not a bad solution but I think the Mac and PC version have some differences. The mac edition of the Pro version is $499.95 while yes, the pro Win version is around $1,250. I have tried both the mac and pc versions and they are pretty good. I do fail to see how changing from PC to Mac and then an entire new system is going to be a good business model. Seems that to abandon his investment already made in one CAD system to change to a new one as not a good plan but I do not have all the information. Best of luck and keep us up to date. Might be a niche market that needs to be filled :)

 

http://www.turbocad.com/

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