Please Stop The Piracy
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:01 pm
I'm certain that you started this user forum with the intention of it being
something positive for all GAIA owners.
But allowing your site to link to the piracy of GAIA sound libraries is,
in the long run, actually destructive to your goal.
Yes, everyone on your site gets to steal a bank of patches without paying
for them. And that might seem like a great thing to do. But the reality
is that serious programmers will no longer spend the many hours creating
new patches for the GAIA if all of their previous work is devalued as soon
as one of your Gaia Users members gets their hands on it.
Also, a free bank of 64 patches was offered by Roland. All the customer
had to do was fill out a simple survey about what they did or didn't use
on the GAIA. This info was to help Roland decide what directions new
operating systems and new products should take to be of the most value
to their customers. But no, even that was too much trouble for the Gaia
Users folk, and a direct link bypassing the survey is blatantly posted on
your site.
Think of the long term benefits to the GAIA and not the quick "steal it and
then help make it easy for everyone to steal it" mentality. It will make the
GAIA a better synth to own in the long run.
_DemonDan_
something positive for all GAIA owners.
But allowing your site to link to the piracy of GAIA sound libraries is,
in the long run, actually destructive to your goal.
Yes, everyone on your site gets to steal a bank of patches without paying
for them. And that might seem like a great thing to do. But the reality
is that serious programmers will no longer spend the many hours creating
new patches for the GAIA if all of their previous work is devalued as soon
as one of your Gaia Users members gets their hands on it.
Also, a free bank of 64 patches was offered by Roland. All the customer
had to do was fill out a simple survey about what they did or didn't use
on the GAIA. This info was to help Roland decide what directions new
operating systems and new products should take to be of the most value
to their customers. But no, even that was too much trouble for the Gaia
Users folk, and a direct link bypassing the survey is blatantly posted on
your site.
Think of the long term benefits to the GAIA and not the quick "steal it and
then help make it easy for everyone to steal it" mentality. It will make the
GAIA a better synth to own in the long run.
_DemonDan_