I see your point about plugins like Rapture pro. Other platinum plugins install without requiring activation.
I'm sure we'll figure out some way to handle this situation once we have all the customer database migration in place.
For now Command Center is still active so there is no problem.

Now I'm getting nervous.... First you tell me there will be no offline activation option for the new Cakewalk, now you're saying I may lose the ability to authorize Splat without an internet connection?! This just keeps getting better and better.....

It is a fairly frequent problem reported on this forum that an activated SONAR installation will revert to demo mode. The usual, and apparently almost always successful solution suggested is to log out of CCC then log back in again which apparently fixes the issue. Is this fix dependent on a live CCC connection? And on a related note, is there an activation token stored on the local system by ccc that can be backed up and used to activate again if the system crashes, and there is no website that ccc can connect to? I presume that we could install the applications from the native installers and then request and save an activation file so long as the Cakewalk backend servers are still functioning, but is there an easier way?

I remember there was a promise we can go on using what we have. Turns out we have to "upgrade".

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
I see your point about plugins like Rapture pro. Other platinum plugins install without requiring activation.
I'm sure we'll figure out some way to handle this situation once we have all the customer database migration in place.
For now Command Center is still active so there is no problem.

Can't you see why "trust me" may not carry the weight it used to?

Sorry if this question seems repetitious but I want to be sure I understand the current viability of the s/w on my DAW. I have 8.5p and X3p installed as well as the 3rd party bundled s/w that came from a very long history of upgrades (I've been a Cakewalk customer since the DOS days).  I didn't however, upgrade to SPlat and the subscription model so I've been out of the loop for a while.  What would my S8.5p & X3p SONAR + 3rd party bundle re-auth/activation procedure be now if my motherboard went belly-up and I had to build a new DAW?  
 
Hopefully, this question will become moot when CbB (which I have installed along side 8.8p & X3p) gets rolling but as some of my hard drives have reminded of recently, you never know when electronic components are going to fail.

---- Gary ----

Those versions do not need on line activation. You install them like you always did from a DVD or ISO image on a hard drive.
All my software is stored as ISO images because DVD's and CD's don't last forever. 
I use this these days. free and works. You have to manually transfer some folder depending on the disk your copying. 
http://www.minidvdsoft.com/isocreator/
 
Most of us have downloaded all our stuff from the "My Products" page and stored it on a free locations. Also we have a copy of all our serial #. 

What if a meteor levels Redmond, and the only server backup is in Singlish? We can imagine all kinds of troubling scenarios, but it only serves to raise our cortisol levels. So many other things to worry about these days, such as whether I'll be able to afford shoes after the looming trade war gets into full swing.
 
It's not a big deal to move the authorization server to another host, and most of those plugins that you might need to reauthorize down the road are still going to be active products for sale. They are not going to be Kjaerhused. But that's only one of many issues Noel & Co. are dealing with - the only practical strategy is to keep the existing server up and running and worry about moving it later. Don't sweat it. At least until the next meteor shower.

Cactus Music
Those versions do not need on line activation. You install them like you always did from a DVD or ISO image on a hard drive.
All my software is stored as ISO images because DVD's and CD's don't last forever. 
I use this these days. free and works. You have to manually transfer some folder depending on the disk your copying. 
http://www.minidvdsoft.com/isocreator/
 
Most of us have downloaded all our stuff from the "My Products" page and stored it on a free locations. Also we have a copy of all our serial #. 

I have all my stuff. Had for years. For me it's hard to understand why everyone, over years haven't download or at least saved the install files for their software. That boggles my mind. I have had my serials, etc in an excel SS for years and updated it as I went along. 
 
BUT, more importantly, Cactus, are you replying to Slarta's post and the apps he mentioned? Would sure bum me out if I lost all the stuff.
 

Cactus Music
Those versions do not need on line activation. You install them like you always did from a DVD or ISO image on a hard drive.
 

I do remember getting an authorization code online though.  I just couldn't remember if that code was static or tied to the h/w, it's been so long since I've installed it.