License
License
License
I. GENERAL
The following information represents the contractual conditions for the use of software and
hardware, manufactured by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH (hereinafter called Native
Instruments) by you, the final user (hereinafter called the Licensee).
By installing the software on your computer and by registration, you are declaring yourself to
be in agreement with the contractual conditions, so please read the following text carefully.
If you are not in agreement with these conditions, you must not install the software. In this
event, please return the complete product (including all written matter, packaging) to the
dealer from whom it was originally bought over a period of 14 (fourteen) days after the day
of purchase. In case you have bought the product by Native Instruments directly in its online
shop please return the complete product (including all written matter, packaging etc.) either
to NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH, Schlesische Strasse 28, 10997 Berlin, Germany or to Native
Instruments North America, Inc. 5631 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA. The
price you paid will be refunded in full.
1. Updates / Upgrades
If you are the owner of Native Instruments software products, which qualify you to update or
to upgrade to the product or the product bundle licensed by this Agreement, the qualifying
licences of your software products will expire by accepting the following contractual
conditions. You are no longer allowed to sell or to transfer the qualifying licenses separately.
Any qualifying product can be used once only to contract an update or an upgrade offer.
In case you have upgraded to a product bundle the following conditions shall apply to the
bundle, which may include your software products, subject to the upgrade. You are no longer
allowed to sell or to transfer the qualifying licenses separately.
Products which include Software and Hardware are only allowed to be resold / transferred
combined under the terms of this Agreement.
3. Bundles
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attending and / or working at an educational institutional facility: private / public schools,
colleges, universities etc.). EDU versions are not allowed to be resold or transferred and can
not be used for commercial purposes.
In case you are in doubt about your licence, you will find a sticker on the bottom of your
product which assigns your product (FULL / NFR / EDU).
6. Download Sales
Download sales are final. Native Instruments does not issue product refunds once a
download transaction has begun or cancel any contract for services connected to a download
purchase once a download is initiated. None of the products of Native Instruments are
resalable when sold as downloads.
Intellectual property rights / titles in and to some of the content included in Native
Instruments software products belong to third parties. Such content may be protected by
copyright / other intellectual property laws and treaties and may be subject to terms of the
respecting third party providing such content. Neither the Native Instruments Software
Licensing Agreement, nor the Native Instruments Sound License Agreement governs your
rights to use such products but the license agreement of the respective third party. You will
find these third party license agreements in the document called "Third Party Content" in the
Documentation Folder of this product.
Intellectual property rights / titles in and to some of the software included or used in Native
Instruments software products belong to third parties. Such software may be protected by
copyright / other intellectual property laws and treaties and may be subject to terms of the
respecting third party providing such software. Neither the following Native Instruments
Software / Hardware Licensing Agreement, nor the following Native Instruments Sound
License Agreement does govern your rights to use such software but the License Agreements
of third parties. You will find these third party License Agreements and Credit Requirements
in the document called "Third Party Software" in the Documentation Folder of this product.
The object of the contract consists of the computer programs recorded on the supplied
medium (e.g. DVD, CD-ROM), the relevant usage instructions and program descriptions and
hardware. These are described hereinafter as "Licensed Software" or "Licensed Hardware".
2. Registration / Activation
It is required that you register the Licensed Software in order to receive an activation key
that enables you to use the Licensed Software on your computer. The serial number of your
product is embedded in the activation information that is passed from your music computer
to our database. Registration means that the owner’s name, address and email address are
stored together with the Native Instruments serial number in our registration database. For
the registration you need to enter your name, email address and postal address.
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Without activation it is not possible to use Native Instruments products. The Native
Instruments SERVICE CENTER guides you trough the easy-to-follow step by step Native
Instruments activation process. The installer of your Native Instruments product contains a
copy of the necessary plug-in and will be installed automatically.
The Native Instruments activation uses information about essential system components of
the user’s audio computer encoded in the Activation Request File. This information does not
contain any personal data. The Activation Request File will be used to create an activation
key, which works only on the computer where the Activation Request File has been
generated.
In case you want to use your Native Instruments product on a different computer or in case
of certain changes on your present computer a re-activation might become necessary.
Should Native Instruments for whatever reasons no longer be able to fulfill its obligations to
deliver the activation key, it will provide the Licensee with a key which ensures the continued
use of the Licensed Software independent of changes of the computer.
Native Instruments uses a secure SSL connection with 128-bit-encryption that meets current
security standards to transmit your data over the web.
You agree that Native Instruments may use this information, observing the Data Protection
Laws, as long as it is in a form that does not personally identify you, to improve its products
or to provide services or technologies to you and unless you object to such using in writing.
3. Scope of Use
Native Instruments grants the Licensee the non-exclusive right to use the Licensed Software
and Hardware on one single computer only (i.e. one CPU) at one single place. If this single
computer is connected to a multi-user system, this License shall apply to all users of the
system.
The Licensee may personally use the Licensed Software or Hardware temporarily on one
other computer, under the condition that the Licensed Software and Hardware is normally
used regularly on one particular computer. For Kore, Komplete and Maschine simultaneous
installations on three computers are allowed, as long as only one installation is used at any
given time. Use above and beyond these limits is not permissible.
The proper use of the Licensed Software according to the terms of this agreement is
condition for Licensee's right to use it.
The Licensee is authorised, to transfer / sell the Licensed Software (for download sales see
restrictions as described above) and Hardware once to a third party, if this third party
declares to Native Instruments to be in agreement with the contractual conditions of this
Agreement, the Licensee cancels his registration towards Native Instruments and erases all
copies of the Licensed Software prior to its delivery to the third party. The Licensee is not
entitled to grant any other third party rights of user ship over the Licensed Software.
The Licensee must not, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, copy or have copied,
decompile or have decompiled, reverse engineer or have reverse engineered the Licensed
Software or parts of it.
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4. Exclusivity of Licensed Software and Hardware
The Licensee is to use the Licensed Software he receives from Native Instruments, all copies
thereof, and all pertinent documentation exclusively for his own purposes, and must keep it
separate from third parties.
He must ensure that no third party or any of his own employees, unless authorised, will have
access to the Licensed Software, may copy part or all of the Licensed Software, or be given
any opportunity to do so. The Licensee bears legal liability towards Native Instruments for
any loss or damage – including any subsequent losses incurred by Native Instruments –
resulting from the Licensee not keeping the programs for exclusive use, or not doing so with
sufficient assiduity.
Occasional use by a third party is only permissible if this is absolutely essential for the
Licensee's use. Renting or lending out the Licensed Software and Hardware is expressly
forbidden.
Native Instruments and the Licensee are aware that functional defects in the Licensed
Software and Hardware can not be totally ruled out, despite the present state of technical
knowledge, even if the very greatest care is taken. The unrestricted functionality of the
Licensed Software and Hardware and / or the rectification of all faults therefore can not be
totally guaranteed.
Native Instruments' legal liability for programming errors in the Licensed Software, or errors
in the Licensed Hardware including later up-dates provided for under this contract, is
therefore restricted to any case of Native Instruments acting with intent or gross negligence.
Having stated this, Native Instruments takes on the guarantee towards the Licensee that, at
the point in time when the contract is concluded, the Licensed Software and Hardware will
prove to be free of all material and technical defects under normal operating conditions.
Should the medium prove defective, the Licensee can demand its replacement during a
period of 12 (twelve) months from receipt of the Licensed Software and Hardware. In this
instance he must return the medium containing the Licensed Software and Hardware,
including manuals, documentation, and a copy of the invoice / receipt, to Native Instruments
sales organisation in his country, or to the dealer from whom it was bought.
Native Instruments undertakes, for a period of 12 (twelve) months from the conclusion of this
contract, to undertake everything that is necessary to ensure the functionality of the
Licensed Software in compliance with the specifications and the program description. The
provision for this guarantee is that the Licensed Software and Hardware is operated in the
configuration provided for, and under appropriate operating conditions. Native Instruments
does not guarantee uninterrupted and faultless operation.
All guarantee claims on behalf of the Licensee become invalid if he tampers with the
Licensed Software or Hardware, or modifies them in any way whatsoever, regardless of the
extent of such modifications. The translation of the Licensed Software into any other
program language is also to be regarded as a modification.
Where Native Instruments is answerable for a defect of the Licensed Software or Hardware,
the Licensee's right shall be confined to subsequent performance. At Native Instruments
election such subsequent performance shall either consist of rectifying the defect or delivery
of a substitute item. In the event that subsequent performance fails, the Licensee shall be
reserved the right either to reduce the purchase price or withdraw from the contract.
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Subsequent performance shall be deemed to have failed if Native Instruments is unwilling or
unable to rectify the defect / make substitute delivery or if rectification / substitute delivery is
delayed beyond adequate time limits for reasons which Native Instruments is answerable for
or if attempts at rectification have failed twice. More extensive claims, no matter on which
legal reason, shall be excluded.
In the instances when, within the context of the guarantee, the scope of the Licensed
Software or Hardware would have to be changed, in particular if more memory capacity is
needed for the program, the Licensee can make no claims of any kind against Native
Instruments.
The Licensee has no rights over and above the aforementioned. Native Instruments bears no
liability for any loss or damage to the Licensed Software or Hardware, or to other programs
being used, for the loss of working results, turnover, or profit, or for direct or indirect loss or
damage suffered by the Licensee or any third party, unless such loss or damage has been
caused by Native Instruments acting with intent or gross negligence. Native Instruments in
particular provides no guarantee that the Licensed Software or Hardware meets the
Licensee's requirements and purposes, or can work in conjunction with other programs he
may have selected. The responsibility for the correct selection and for the use of the
Licensed Software and Hardware, and for the results aimed for or achieved, is borne by the
Licensee.
6. Concluding Stipulations
This contract shall be exclusively subject to the laws of the state in which the contract is
published.
If any stipulation of this License contract should be or become invalid, either completely or in
part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining stipulations. The parties undertake
instead to replace the invalid stipulation with a valid regulation which comes as close as
possible to the purpose originally intended.
The place of jurisdiction is the location of the national sales company or agent. Native
Instruments can also however, at its discretion, open proceedings at the registered address
of the Licensee.
Should you have any queries concerning this License contract, please contact in writing:
Please read the following sound license agreement carefully. When installing the sound
library on your computer system, you are legally bound to the following License Agreement
terms.
This License Agreement is an agreement between you and Native Instruments. It governs
your use of the sound library / sound libraries incorporated in the product on this CD / DVD
supplied to you by Native Instruments. By downloading, installing or otherwise using the
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samples, ensembles, instruments, presets or any other included content, you agree to be
legally bound by the terms of this License Agreement.
The provided samples, instruments and presets can be used for commercial or non-
commercial music and audio productions without the prior permission from Native
Instruments under the terms of this Agreement. The usage of this product (in particular
samples, instruments and presets) for the creation of a sound library or as a sound library for
any kind of synthesizer, virtual instrument, sample library, sample-based product or other
musical instrument is strictly prohibited. Individual samples, sound sets or audio loops may
not be distributed (commercially or otherwise) standalone. Furthermore these samples,
sound sets or audio may not be repackaged in whole or in part as audio samples, sound
libraries or sound effects.
With the purchase of this sound library you have acquired a single license. You may make
one copy of this CD / DVD for backup purposes only. Any other use in whole or in parts
(giving, trading, lending, renting, re-issuing, re-distribution or re-sale of this product or any of
the contained samples) is expressly prohibited, without the prior written permission of Native
Instruments.
This license will terminate automatically without notice by Native Instruments if you fail to
comply with any provision of this license. Upon termination you shall destroy all copies of the
samples, ensembles, instruments, presets or other contents of the sound library / sound
libraries.
In case this product contains third party’s sounds or third party’s sound libraries which are
not subject to other terms as mentioned in section I No. 7 of this agreement, such sounds or
libraries shall be protected by the afore mentioned terms.