Originally posted by to the genesys:
Yes copy protection for styles would be good for the style makers but not necessarily good for the manufacturer.
If style makers made fresh new copy protected styles for a certain arranger, how could a manufacture justify making a new arranger every 2-3 years with incremental upgrades. The new hardware board is what manufacturers use to make their profit because they could charge and arm and a leg.
Trust me if manufacturers thought trading of styles was hurting their business they would have found a way to stop it. But the manufacturers probably have realized that it may be in their best interest to allow trading of styles because a translated style would not sound as good as a style originally made for a specific arranger. And persons would be willing to buy a new arranger even if it is just for the update styles (I.E Yamaha users).
Thats true the money is in the hardware...
I think the total package of a T4's hardware is not even $500 costs to Yamaha. Korg obviously using better parts then Yamaha might be a bit more expensive but still under $1000.
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