A LiveJournaller has had it with Sony MovieStudio, a lawfully acquired program that can't be used because the "anti-piracy product activation" it comes with doesn't work:
The server contacted is for a company that no longer even services the product. The product activation people do not answer the phone, even after a 6 minute hold period that consists of really bad techno music and product pitches, probably for more things that do not work…
Anything you ever buy that has "product activation" may stop being something you can use at any time, for any reason. Consumers are being raped wholesale by these companies when they invade our privacy with this method of copy protection – and thats assuming it even works in the first place.
The software does install great on a microwave oven, however…
(Thanks, Taepo!)
