This shouldn't be buried in the Synchron Libraries subform.

And I am glad to read this.

Hello Seweryn, 

Some answers for you: 

1) The Vienna Protection Plan will keep on working for your eLicenser key(s).

2) iLok will work offline if you have an iLok key. 

3) Thanks for your offer, we will definitely handle the main checks in-house. But it's good to know that we can count on you 

Best, 
Paul

Originally Posted by: habdank

Dears,

I have some questions.

1. What will happen with Protection Plan?

2. Will iLok work off-line?

3. If you need beta testers? If yes, I can offer my help :-), as I am huge fan of VSL.

Best regards,
Seweryn.

Hi Del, 

I'm afraid I can't give you an ETA at this point. We're definitely getting ahead, but will announce the final transition only when we are REALLY ready. 

Also looking forward to this! Thanks for your patience. 

Best, 
Paul

Hello everybody,

I hope you are all enjoying summer (and of course winter, on the other side)!!

We are working on all the necessary steps that will make your future transition to iLok as comfortable as possible, and there are a few things we can already share with you!

More details and instructions will follow when the time has come.

VIENNA PROTECTION PLAN

Starting August 1st, the Vienna Protection Plan will be reduced to a run-time of 1 year. 
New price: €30

Also, the day we’re making the iLok License Management platform available for all of our users:

• We will stop selling Vienna Protection Plans.
• We will stop selling ViennaKeys.

YOUR TRANSITION to iLOK

As soon as you have registered your iLok account with us (we will let you know when this is possible):

• Your iLok licenses will be delivered to your iLok account automatically.
• Your original eLicenser licenses will remain on your account, but cannot be transferred to any other account.

TIP: This could be a good time to register with iLok, if you don’t have an account yet. It’s FREE!

GOOD TO KNOW

- iLok offers a Zero Downtime Coverage and a Theft & Loss Coverage, please find more details here!
- All future VSL software will be available with iLok protection only.
- There will be new sample content and software versions available for you to download. An advanced Download Manager will make this a breeze.
- You will have to decide whether you’d like to work with iLok or eLicenser for each Vienna Software product. Our recommendation: Perform a complete transition of all your products right  away.
- The following products will NOT be available on iLok: Vienna Ensemble Pro 3/4/5/6, Numerical Sound FORTI/SERTI and ISP:IR (discontinued in 2014).

So the only immediate change affects the Vienna Protection Plan, but we hope that this additional information will help you prepare for the changes in your system.

IMPORTANT: You will have enough time for the transition to iLok and of course our excellent support team will be there to help with all your questions!

All the best from Vienna,

Paul

Hi Macker, 

Thanks for your reply.

Dual-booting shouldn't be a problem.
With the cloud, your licenses will be available on the computer you are logged in (and only on this one), and if you are using the iLok key, it will be recognized on both OSs. 

Best,
Paul

Hi LAJ, 

We're working on that 

Best, 
Paul

Hi,

So this is scary!

Can you please provide more details..

We have 3 vePro elicenses on 3 usb dongles

In fact we purchased 3 steinberg eLicense dongles to make vePro work just this year.. we did so becuase we felt VSL had matured enough to risk purchasing addition computers and a high speed NAS for our sound libraries.

We currently own 1 iLok dongle and last time we checked (Pro tools), iLok does not let you share licenses across computers on iLoks,  and our other 2 vePro servers are in a closed network with NAS that we prefer to keep closed.  (exception yearly fw update if we think its useful)

So how is this gonna work? Is there a deal in the works with the folks over at iLok, or will you be providing the additional iLok dongles that your vePro customers will eventually need free of charge, at a discount, or what?

We like VSL, but we feel forced to look at other alternatives should this licensing move cause vePro not to work as expected.

We have experienced no vePro licensing issues that we are aware of.. so what is so broke that it requires this type of fix. Perhaps there are issues with vePro or VSL products that we are not aware of..

FWIW our hope is that this move that you make sound eminent and rushed, will be years down the road, and phased in carefully!

Hi vePro7user64,

Thanks for your sharing your thoughts and concerns!
You are not forced to change to another system, but iLok will be the protection system for all future developments and products.
Existing setups will keep on working with eLicenser setups just like they are working now, there will simply be no more software updates.
At some point in the future, license transactions (downloading or moving licenses) will not be possible anymore. This depends on how long the eLicenser Server will be available.  

When you're ready for iLok: You can add as many iLok keys as you like to your account, and you can also add one iLok cloud activation, if you like

Best, 
Paul

Paul, 

Am I understanding you correctly to say, that for each VSL product we own there will be:

- 1 physical iLok license (for a primary computer)

- and also 1 Cloud license (which may be usable on a secondary computer)?

If so, this is really fantastic! As moving my i-Lok from 1 PC (at home) to my 2nd PC (at work) is just not very feasible on any regular basis. (Most of my other iLok-based software have 2 or 3 licenses, so this isn't a problem). 

Craig

"When you're ready for iLok: You can add as many iLok keys as you like to your account, and you can also add one iLok cloud activation, if you like"

Best, 
Paul

Paul:

I'd just like to re-iterate how useful it would be to have a third option to have iLok locally on each computer therefore not requiring a dongle OR an internet connection.