Final Cut Studio 3 activation - Temp. on one computer till new one arrives?

Question

So I would like to purchase and install Final Cut Studio 3 on my iMac for a while, until I count my pennies right and purchase a Mac Pro.
Will there be any issues in regards to the serial key and activation/registration?
For example, in the Adobe Creative Suite I can deactivate my registration so I will not have any issues when I re-install the software on another computer.
Is there a deactivation option in the Final Cut Studio 3 suite? Do I only have one opportunity to install FCS3 on the computer I intend to keep it on? How about if I choose to format and install Snow Leopard?
Thanks in advance guys!
Andrew

Answer 1

As an artist, and a youngin', I actually disagree. As long as someone doesn't say they created my art, I would be happy if my art was so ingrained in society that someone thought to do a mashup. It's free publicity. The way to protect your intellectual property is to *be the best provider of it*. If someone sees your work on YouTube, and you have marketed it successfully, people will seek out the best version. If you have that, you control it. Don't think for a second that the MPAA or RIAA are interested in protecting intellectual property. They are protecting their business.
For reference, take a look at Disney. Look at the first animated feature he made. It was called Steamboat Willie, and was a parody of Steamboat Bill, Jr., a Buster Keaton film. He didn't make it up. He stole it. Do you think Andy Warhol paid royalties to the guy who designed the Campbell's soup logo? Do you think the general masses thought that HE designed it? No. People are not stupid. They know what the real thing is, and what a rip off is. This subject is so open right now, and a lot of people are slow to realize that there is a huge paradigm shift in how art is delivered to the people. The value of a Picasso painting is not in the image. It's in the actual canvas that he painted on. The texture he used, which can't be duplicated, no matter how good of an artist one is. It's in the materials he used, and the conditions under which it was painted. It's the age, and the fact that it was cared for and protected to last. No lithograph takes that away.
Before you criticize my post, know that I am a filmmaker and photographer. I think I am very good at it, but my work has not infiltrated the Hollywood shield, but if any of you want to use, mock, mashup, or whatever... my stuff, go ahead. On the honor system, I just ask that you let people know that I was the original creator.
Go ahead, call me names, tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. I am not going to argue with any of you, I've done it too much on this forum, and frankly, it makes it less fun to be here. But I think things will progress much faster and better if people learn to develop a new model rather than clinging to one that is no longer viable. Fact is, the internet and sharing of content will NEVER be controlled. Take a look at Open Video on the Web. There is a lot going on, and people are making TONS of money giving stuff away. Look at the mashups of Steven Colbert. He even prompted people to use parts of his show. And everyone loves it.
If you see your stuff on YouTube, and you don't want it there, report the post, and they'll take it down. If it had a lot of views, take note. Search the Web for people asking where they can see that cool video that was taken down from YouTube. Post your video on a pay site, then answer the posts and tell them where they can see it. YouTube just got you your first 1000 viewers... Or, put it back on YouTube, but on YOUR account, ask YouTube for an advertising deal, and make money. They only make those deals with people who's videos get a lot of hits, but the "What The Buck" guy is making hundreds of thousands of dollars making videos in his home office using a Web cam and a blue sheet hanging behind him.
You can't stop progress, but you can be left behind...