B.Ob. Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Message to Daniel_K Daniel_K: We are aware that you have been assisting owners of our Creative sound cards for some time now, by providing unofficial driver packages for Vista that deliver more of the original functionality that was found in the equivalent XP packages for those sound cards. In principle we don't have a problem with you helping users in this way, so long as they understand that any driver packages you supply are not supported by Creative. Where we do have a problem is when technology and IP owned by Creative or other companies that Creative has licensed from, are made to run on other products for which they are not intended. We took action to remove your thread because, like you, Creative and its technology partners think it is only fair to be compensated for goods and services. The difference in this case is that we own the rights to the materials that you are distributing. By enabling our technology and IP to run on sound cards for which it was not originally offered or intended, you are in effect, stealing our goods. When you solicit donations for providing packages like this, you are profiting from something that you do not own. If we choose to develop and provide host-based processing features with certain sound cards and not others, that is a business decision that only we have the right to make. Although you say you have discontinued your practice of distributing unauthorized software packages for Creative sound cards we have seen evidence of them elsewhere along with donation requests from you. We also note in a recent post of yours on these forums, that you appear to be contemplating the release of further packages. To be clear, we are asking you to respect our legal rights in this matter and cease all further unauthorized distribution of our technology and IP. In addition we request that you observe our forum rules and respect our right to enforce those rules. If you are in any doubt as to what we would consider unacceptable then please request clarification through one of our forum moderators before posting. Creative just can't pull a winning moment out of their butt these days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Scroll down, links to X-Fi and Audigy drivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Now whilst this may seem reasonable and Intellectual Property not withstanding all this guy was doing was fixing a problem that Creative cannot or more to the truth,will not. I for one will never buy another Creative product and I urge you to do the same. I 2nd that. I myself will never buy another one of thier products again too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Daniel_K, Who Fixed Creative's Broken Vista Drivers, Speaks Out The current situation DDL encoder and Crystalizer were not publicly released. I've deleted the P17 to Xtreme Audio mod and ALchemy from FileFront (where I store the files). I've been told they will allow me to continue with my mods, except the "forbidden" ones. I'm also allowed to receive donations. Download of my mods http://hosted.filefront.com/braziliantech/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 This is not mine, but someone was upset... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 hahahah that is the same model as my first one. Those are the ones that something was really f@#ked up on them. Creative change from a single 64Mb XRAM chip to (2) 32MB chips, but still says they did that not due to any issues but cause it was cheaper. Wish I would have taken picture of that card and the new one, totally differant layouts and firmware. "but nothing was wrong" *WINK* *WINK* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Creative restores home brew Vista driver links "We have read the strong feedback about Creative's forum post regarding driver development by daniel_k and other outside parties. Creative's message tried to address our concern about the improper distribution of certain software, which is the property of other companies. However, we did not make it as clear as we would have liked that we do support driver development by independent third parties. The huge task of developing driver updates to accommodate the many changes in the Vista operating system and the extensive testing required, including the lengthy Vista certification requirements for audio, makes it very difficult for Creative to develop updates for all past products. Outside developers have been very helpful to Creative and our customers by developing updates for many of our Sound Blaster products, and we do support and appreciate these efforts. This however does not extend to the unauthorized distribution of other companies' property. We hope to work out a mutually agreeable method for working with daniel_k in supporting his efforts in driver development. Going forward, we are committed to doing a better job of working more closely with third parties to support their development for our products and our customers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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