![]() The e-mail we received politely asked us to remove the "unauthorized download" but did include a threat that the company "reserves the next legal steps." We believe this behavior by Maxon is unfair, and will alienate a section of PC enthusiasts form Cinebench. Facing these threats, Guru3D took down their download and amended their news articles with links to the Microsoft DRM store. ![]() ![]() Guru3D received legal threats from Maxon to take down their download hosting of Cinebench R20 portable. Cinebench R20 is freeware, and so with good intentions, many PC enthusiast websites decided to build portable versions of Cinebench R20 that people can just unzip and run. Several reputable PC enthusiast websites such as Guru3D and us, were bombarded by comments from their readers that they didn't like having to get their Cinebench R20 copy from "walled garden DRM platforms," and instead preferred portable versions of the software. Instead, the software is being exclusively distributed through Microsoft Store (for Windows) and Apple App Store (for the MacOS platform). Breaking convention, the company behind rendering software such as Cinema 4D R20, did not host the installer of Cinebench R20 on its own website. Maxon Sends Legal Threats to PC Enthusiast Websites Hosting Portable Cinebench R20 Downloads Maxon last week week posted its Cinebench R20 CPU benchmark. ![]()
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