Graham Rhodes

Lord Tim wrote "That's an entirely different company who no longer exists, so I guess you need to ask Gibson about that rather than Bandlab." The comment has validity, but the fact is that Bandlab acquired Intellectual Property from Gibson., so it is the terms of that acquisition which determine any liabilities to licensees of that IP, not the fact that Gibson dumped it. It is not uncommon, and in most cases the norm, for an acquirer to, say, take over responsibilities like ongoing service agreements. Your point is valid in that there probably aren't any. Gibson have zero responsibility since the sale agreement would have negated any such obligations. What is interesting is where someone has a perpetual licence, as that right exists whether of not the grantor is still in existence. Ihave the right to use all my Sonar and related products (frozen in time) as long as I wish. It seems to me that if Bandlab have a set of Sonar users it would be dumb just to dump them, or they have thrown away an open goal sales opportunity. What matters now is how they price any conversion, and weigh jam today against future money. IMHO if they had any sense they would not simply drive them away; Ableton and co would just be rubbing their hands in disbelief. PS I have a image on my screen of a floppy disc labelled "Cakewalk Professional for Windows 2.01 / Copyright Gregg Hendershott 1987 - 1994. I bought this in 1992 when I was in Boston MA, and have used it ever since - strewth 31 years ! I'd be slightly sad to be driven elsewhere.