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2017/11/27 01:29:28 (permalink)

Class Action Anyone?

I won't rant but I will say that I am an attorney who truly believed and expected when I purchased SONAR Platinum for life that Gibson would indeed continue to develop and support the product, if not for life then for  for a reasonably long period of time like 10  to 15 years.  That was the implicit, if not explicit, message in their marketing that induced me to pay for it.
 
I think we have the basis for a class action against Gibson to seek redress for Gibson's breach of its representation that we would continue to receive updates and new features on a regular basis.  I am not the attorney to handle such a case but my former law partner and/or other experienced class action attoneys may be willing to do so and it can probably be filed anywhere someone bought SONAR.  If anyone would like to pursue this idea, please contact me: Saunders at B  S  D  S  dot  com.  Write down this information now as this post will likely be deleted rather quickly.
 
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William W, Saunders, Jr., Esq.
 
 

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    35mm
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    Re: Class Action Anyone? 2017/11/27 01:48:22 (permalink)
    I'm no legal expert, but there are a few reasons why I don't think this would work. Firstly, these things are long and drawn out processes and Gibson is predicted to fall in the summer and once that happens that's that. Secondly, I don't think there would be a case. They have probably covered their backs fairly solidly. I think there will be some kind of announcement or breaking news soon enough and maybe that's the time to think about this. Personally, while I'm very disappointed or actually gutted about this, I took a punt knowing the risks. I got a year out of them for less than the usual price. So I can't complain about that, but yes, I would have loved to have life updates for years rather than months. That would have meant that I would have free lifetime updates on both my DAWs, Sonar and FLStudio.

    Splat, Win 10 64bit and all sorts of musical odds and sods collected over the years, but still missing a lot of my old analogue stuff I sold off years ago.
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    Re: Class Action Anyone? 2017/11/27 02:26:40 (permalink)
    The EULA has them in the clear.
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    Re: Class Action Anyone? 2017/11/27 05:12:26 (permalink)
    gprokap
    The EULA has them in the clear.


    Pretty sure they covered this scenario with EULA. I suspect they will patch existing installs to disable server requirement
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