Quote Originally Posted by massplanck
hmmm.

How is downloading cracked software different from stealing music? Its not but....

I would hope that any producer who releases/makes money from their music/performances would be using legit software or at least making a decent effort towards sorting it out. Just look in the free VST plugins folder for some great stuff to use with your er.. ed copy of cubase.

I suppose the difference is that ed software is generally as unstable as **** where as a copy of a mp3 is well.. a perfect copy. The instabilty of cracked versions of software et al drives or should drive a sane headed person who wants to take his music a step further into shelling out. Anyone who takes the piss and is getting a bit of an income from music & doesnt think about this shout be shot with their own ball of shite. If software didnt exist would you still be making music regardless? yess ... but on what ? shit you saved for.
I dont know what cracked versions you have been using, but the ones i have used work perfectly. A crack only bypasses the registration issues and has nothing to do with the core program...