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Question on Premier Exclusive items

windli3356windli3356 Posts: 290
in The Commons

So say if I join premier membership now and downloaded premier exclusive items to my smart content and file folders, next month when I unsubscribe, would I lose access to those premier exlcusive items? 

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  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,788

    Yes.

  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 3,009

    I must admit that, not being a Premier member, I'm not entirely sure how these assets can be effectively locked down like that without restricting user options. 

    As far as I can make sense of it, then for it to be able to prevent me making copies of the morphs or textures, it would by extension stop me being able to edit the morphs or textures if I wanted/needed. 

    (Although maybe it's just the case that Daz are mainly expecting things to be handled on an honesty basis).

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,135

    You can imagine a way of encrypting the data files that requires a key (say 256 bit) and that the key is built into DS, but only available for decryption if you have Premier Membership. That could explain the advert download on the 'New/Open' window - at the same time DS is checking with home base whether it's allowed to decrypt Premier only files.

    Regards,

    Richard.

  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 3,009
    You're missing my point. I can imagine effective DRM, but effective DRM stops the use being able to edit the asset, should they desire. I'm wondering which was the compromise.
  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,135
    edited July 9

    If the asset is encrypted it can't be used out of time, as controlled by DRM. No use, no copy, no working even if copied to another location. It doesn't only stop editing the asset, but stops its use entirely, and that's what I take from @nemesis10's answer. I don't have, and won't have, Premier, so this is as close as I'll get to it, and indicates how reliable my answers probably are.

    Regards,

    Richard

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  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,581

    Premier content (like Aiko 9) can only be installed by DAZ Connect, and at least for these assets, they are encrypted. 

    Therefore the technical means to prevent access after subscription expires does exist.

  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 3,009

    Hmm. Assets I cannot modify if I want to are inherently just of less value to me, which kind of takes the shine off something that's being presented as a perk.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,065

    Matt_Castle said:

    Hmm. Assets I cannot modify if I want to are inherently just of less value to me, which kind of takes the shine off something that's being presented as a perk.

    You could add correctiive morphs on top of the shapes and so on. Since they are all HD sahpes you couldn't do more anyway. The maps, f any, aren't encrypted so you would have the usual options with them.

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