Should a Cinema4D serial be posted or released to aminet

[AxE]

As CU Amiga had the full version on their coverdisk but forgot to print the serial number.
How legal would it be to post one here or upload one to aminet?

[Floid]

Sounds like a call for Maxon to make, but if someone really shot the food like this, and didn't want to release the info to all and sundry for whatever reason, it seems they could use the magazine as a dongle - disgruntled purchasers could mail their support, support could mail back a request for the Nth word off page X, and upon receipt, send out whatever the appropriate serial was meant to be.

[browny]

I have said magazine and said Disc, so WHERE do I obtain the serial that was  leagally promised,but never given to me,from ?
Yours in anticipation Browny  :-D
Nice idea about using the mag as a dongle,what cable will i need, serial or parallel ?.
Nah ! seriously though dont make me go up in the loft, i would never find it  amongst the dead pigieons and grandma !!.
 :-D  :-o

[bhoggett]

IIRC, the serial number was printed in the subsequent edition of Amiga Format.

It was also available on the CU Amiga website for a while, but was later removed. My guess is that since Maxon are still around - although no longer supporting the Amiga, and certainly not the free CU Amiga copy - it would be their call to make.

I remember that when I asked them for that very same serial number a while back they simply replied saying that Amiga support was no longer available.  Since it is a free copy, I guess they can't be blamed.

[browny]

Thanks, bhoggett,that now means I will have to go up the loft, and check to see if i have the subsequent AF !.
If i aint back in 10 mins, call me mom. :-D

[Vincent]

I can't remember getting the serial number in a later copy of AF.  I remember them mentioning C4D and CU a month or two after CU went byebye, but I can't remember seeing that number.

Guess I'll have to go raking through all my packed boxes to find it.  If you hear a thump don't worry, it's just the boxes collapsing on me ;-)

[JaXanim]

In the subsequent issue of CUAmiga, they published a 'phone number for anyone to get the required serial numbers. I say numbers because there was also one required for the Magic Link software which accompanied the C4D programme.

The serial numbers were quoted quite freely, without them (Maxon, or their agent) requiring any proof of purchase of CUA, etc. While this service lasted, literally anybody could call and get the codes. I had the impression they (Maxon, or their agent) were simply fed up with the endless calls and would be glad to see the back of it.

In any event, CUA's C4D installer was flawed and many people couldn't get the programme to run, even if they had the codes. Shortly thereafter, however, CUA was history and all subsequent discussion took place through Amiga Format.

Whether AF actually discussed the codes I can't recall. I know some people regarded any subsequent publication of the numbers to be wrong, tho' I personally don't see a valid argument in that. Maxon (or their agent) were only too pleased to get CUA readers (and anyone else for that matter) off their back by releasing the numbers willy-nilly.

Anyway, AF did publish a solution via a CoverDisk. Presumably AF were fully aware of the CUA/C4D situation and duly decided there was no harm to Maxon (or their agent) in assisting CUA purchasers in getting it working. So, if you root around in AFCD35, all your questions are answered.

Cheers,

JaX

[bhoggett]

@JaX

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the C4D issue of CU Amiga the last one ever?

This is what caused the confusion, as normally this kind of situation would be solved by publishing the missing information in the next issue. In the case of CU Amiga, there was no next issue, unless my memory is playing tricks on me.

Yes, you're right about the C4D installer on the CD. It did not work properly and a separate one was made available later on the CU Amiga website (which survived for a while after the mag died)

[JaXanim]

@bhoggett

Yes, on checking it out, you are correct. The C4D disk was the last one. I can only assume that AF actually published the 'phone number for people to call. (Or was there a third magazine published at that time..??)

In any event, I certainly called Maxon (or their agent) and was given the codes, without any question regarding the purchase of the CUA magazine.

I have assumed it was through AF that all subsequent discussion took place, tho' I could be wrong.

Cheers,  

JaX

[bloodline]

browny wrote:
Thanks, bhoggett,that now means I will have to go up the loft, and check to see if i have the subsequent AF !.
If i aint back in 10 mins, call me mom. :-D

mom  :-o  :-o  :-o  :-o  :-o

Any you claim to be from the UK!!!! :-(

[Vincent]

I never got round to checking out my AF magazines today, and I won't bother now that JaXanim has mentioned the details are on AFCD35.

I haven't packed my CD's yet, so they're a *lot* easier to get to :-D

Cheers for that Jax :-)

[pha_q]

The situation as I remeber it was:

CU provided the software then closed. AF agreed to give serial numbers to users who contacted them. AF stopped doing this before they closed, qoute "Stop requesting C4D serials, it's been a year now".

I believe Nick Veitch and Rich Drummond still work on Linux Format, perhaps you could contact them for advice (but not serials).

[DethKnight]

You know what's even more sad is;
I *bought*  C4D , I have my OWN serial numbers etc.. manuals
all that, but my CDROM was stolen.....grr

[browny]

Its a JOKE bloodline !,
Anyway  thats rich,with you crawling about on all fours delivering a letter,and all that. :-D
I did not need me mom because i did not go up the loft. ;-)
the wife will av to go up if i decide to go after it , but after reading the rest of this thread, it seems like a
BUM STEER.
OooOOOOOOOOoOOOOOOHHHHH

[bhoggett]

@pha_q

I believe you are right.

Certainly Maxon themselves do not give out the serial any more ( I tried).