Doktor Avalanche
 
I think Amazon is more than likely guaranteeing that your install media won't fail.

 
If they said "malfunction," and a regression bug caused something to malfunction that used to work...hmmm...
 

Doktor Avalanche
I think Amazon is more than likely guaranteeing that your install media won't fail.

 
If they said "malfunction," and a regression bug caused something to malfunction that used to work...hmmm...

 
The EULA will define what it is, and you will have agreed to it regardless of the definition.

Anderton

MandolinPicker
OK, I know there has been some fun with this, but there might be  problem here for either Cakewalk or Amazon. The protection plan is for two years, but the subscription is only for a year. Let's say in month 12, Cakewalk issues a release and it contains a bug. It causes the console to crash every time the fader on track 7 is moved up. Cakewalk develops a fix, and releases it in month 13. Since you didn't renew your subscription, you don't get the update. But you paid Amazon the extra money for the 2-year protection plan. Am I entitled to the update?
 
According to the original post, it is supposed to cover all "product breakdowns and malfunctions", and if I can't move up the fader on Track 7 and I could before, that is definitely a product breakdown and/or malfunction. Do I have a case? Will Amazon have to provide the 'bug fixes' for the second year of the product life cycle?

That is a truly interesting question from a legal standpoint.

As it clearly states it's an accident protection plan for musical instruments, there is nothing to cover so:-
a) It shouldn't be listed alongside Sonar, so Amazon are idiots.
b) Anybody who buys it is also an idiot.

A lot of companies pull a significant revenue stream on protection plans, and will sell them to anyone (who will buy them). Be sure to evaluate these appropriately.

FWIW, I can set up PayPal and offer upgrade protection for $5 and protection to outright buyers $20!! Much cheaper than Amazon, and I can promise to cover absolutely nothing (and can put this in writing too).

How fortunate! Absolute Nothing is the name of my band......

eph221
Just as there is godwins law that states all chat room arguments will eventually mention nazis, is there a law that explains how chat room jokes will feed and feed on themselves , for so long that eventually they are no longer funny?  :D

Not quite.

Godwin's law states that in any internet argument, if it goes on long enough someone will call their opponents Nazis. At which point it can usually be assumed they've run out of actual arguments and are therefore to be regarded as having lost the argument.

Godwin's law has a sub-clause which says that Godwin's law does not apply when the person you are arguing with actually is a Nazi or putting forward Nazi ideas. Godwin's law also does not apply when the subject under discussion is Nazis.

Anderton

slartabartfast
Not the software, the "protection plan," that they offer so you can get it repaired for free if it breaks down.

Wow, that's good to know! The fan belt broke on X3, and it cost me a pretty penny to ship the software to Cakewalk, have them replace the fan belt, and ship it back because it wasn't under warranty. I'd also had some problems with the rinse/spin cycle that was due to faulty bearings in the main motor shaft. I gladly would have paid $10.46 not to have to deal with those issues!!

Any chance you can respond to my private message?
Jerry

Saying that Godwin's law *states* such and such means that it *includes* the following actions..and the following behaviors do ensue from the definition, which you *describe* so beautifully.  In other words, why would you assume I was defining the law?  This isn't a court room. :D
 
Anyways,  my original idea is worth exploring because it's revisited here in the sonar universe quite often:  jokes that feed upon themselves ad absurdum until they are no longer funny, the n+1 th post being the un-funniest.  This  phenomenon needs a name.

eph221
Anyways,  my original idea is worth exploring because it's revisited here in the sonar universe quite often:  jokes that feed upon themselves ad absurdum until they are no longer funny, the n+1 th post being the un-funniest.  This  phenomenon needs a name.

I prefer to call it "The Forum Joke Shark-Jump Syndrome". Doesn't roll off the tongue very easily tho :)

eph221
 jokes that feed upon themselves ad absurdum until they are no longer funny, the n+1 th post being the un-funniest.  This  phenomenon needs a name.

Nazissism.
(Boom boom).