Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
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Re: Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
#2This is crazy to hear. They also own izotope and several other brands. Imagine if the licensing servers go down.
Re: Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
#3That is very sad to hear.
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#4this was not on my bingo card for 2026 ... :/
Re: Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
#5Oh damn. I know some people who used to work there, and not very closely some who still do.
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#6Wow. As a pretty heavy user of the Kontakt sampler, that's sad to hear. I've gotten so much mileage out of libraries like Analog Dreams and The Gentleman...
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#7I guess I can look forward to all of my plugins breaking in some way in the near future.
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#8Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781466
Re: Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
#9This is crazy to hear. They also own izotope and several other brands. Imagine if the licensing servers go down.
Not only do we need right to repair legislation across North America (and the world), but we also need right to continue using - as in - they fold, the code (e.g. licensing server) becomes open source, or something similar, so people can continue to use these products.
Re: Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
#10This is crazy to hear. They also own izotope and several other brands. Imagine if the licensing servers go down.
Not only do we need right to repair legislation across North America (and the world), but we also need right to continue using - as in - they fold, the code (e.g. licensing server) becomes open source, or something similar, so people can continue to use these products.
If we removed DMCA section 1201 and the "anti-circumvention" nonsense, this would be a non-issue: people would legally reverse engineer the licensing system.